clove hitch

See also: clove-hitch

English

A clove hitch.

Noun

clove hitch (plural clove hitches)

1. (nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip

Translations

type of knot

• Catalan: ballestrinca f, nus de pardal m
• Danish: dobbelt halvstik n
• Dutch: mastworp (nl) m
• Finnish: siansorkka (fi)
• French: nœud de cabestan m, nœud de batelier
• German: Mastwurf (de) m
• Ingrian: siansorkka
• Maori: tapuaka, heretaniwha
• Polish: wyblinka (pl) f
• Spanish: ballestrinque m
• Swedish: dubbelt halvslag n

See also

• constrictor knot