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单词 half-hitch
释义 half-hitch
[See hitch n.]
1. Naut. A hitch formed by passing the end of a rope round its standing part, and then through the bight: the simplest form of hitch.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Demi-cleff, a half-hitch on a rope.1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 156 Taking two half hitches round it.
2. A term used by pillow lace makers to denote the loop given to tighten the thread after it has been wound upon the bobbins. (Caulfeild & Saward, Dict. Needlework, 1882.)
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