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FISHERMAN'S BEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fisherman's bend mean?
• FISHERMAN'S BEND (noun)
The noun FISHERMAN'S BEND has 1 sense:
1. a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
Familiarity information: FISHERMAN'S BEND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fisherman's bend" is a kind of...):
knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)
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