单词 | crown knot |
释义 | > as lemmascrown knot crown knot n. [compare earlier crowning n. 6] chiefly Nautical a knot made tying the separate strands of an unlaid rope, used either as a temporary means of preventing the end of a rope from unlaying or as the first stage of making a back splice. ΚΠ 1780 Boyer's Dictionnaire Royal (rev. ed.) I. 396/1 A crown-knot. 1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises v. 366 The double wall and double crown knots are easily made from the above, the ends being previously whipped. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 64 Crown knot, a knot made on the end of a rope to commence a back splice, or to form a larger knot. 2012 D. Pawson Knots: Compl. Visual Guide 331 (caption) Continue to tie Crown Knots in alternate directions as required. < as lemmas |
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