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WEAVER'S HITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weaver's hitch mean?
• WEAVER'S HITCH (noun)
The noun WEAVER'S HITCH has 1 sense:
1. a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
Familiarity information: WEAVER'S HITCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
becket bend; sheet bend; weaver's hitch; weaver's knot
Hypernyms ("weaver's hitch" is a kind of...):
hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot)
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