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Sheet Bend

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Noun

1. becket bend, sheet bend, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot

a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)

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Sheet Bend

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noun

a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes

. Also called: becket bend, weaver's hitch

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Sheet Bend

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Nautical

a knot used in fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye

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Sheet Bend

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n.
Nautical

A knot in which one rope or piece of yarn is made fast to the bight of another. Also called weaver's hitch, weaver's knot.

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