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Matthew Walker Naut.
In full Matthew Walker knot, a multi-stranded rope end knot, prob. named after its originator.
[1808D. Lever Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor 5 Matthew Walker's knot.] 1841R. H. Dana Seaman's Manual vii. 37 A Matthew Walker knot,..unlay the end of a rope [etc.]. 1856C. Nordhoff Man-of-War Life xii. 212, I practised..and was soon master of long and short splices, manrope knots, turks-heads, and Matthew Walkers. 1860All Year Round 28 July 382/1 ‘Which knot?’ asked Toby... ‘Matthew Walker, spritsail-sheet, stopper or shroud?’ 1883Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships R. Navy (Admiralty) (1886) 105 A Matthew Walker knot is used for the standing part of the lanyards of lower rigging. 1953People (Austral.) 26 Aug. 47/3 Mason will talk by the hour about Matthew Walker knots, bell ropes..and cross-pointing if he encounters a pair of sympathetic ears. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 144 Matthew Walker, a knot, single or double, used to make a collar on a rope; the strands may be relaid when formed (a development of the wall knot). 1968E. Franklin Dict. Knots 20 Matthew Walker and Double Matthew Walker, probably the best and most useful of the multistrand rope end knots. It is claimed that the unknown Matthew Walker is the only man to have a knot named after him. 1971I. Imrie tr. Svensson's Handbk. Seaman's Ropework 79 The Mathew Walker knot on a three-stranded rope is the simplest of all knots with a rope's own end. |