Matthew Walkern.
/ˌmaθjuː ˈwɔːkə/, U.S. /ˌmæθju ˈwɔkər/, /ˌmæθju ˈwɑkər/ Nautical.
In full Matthew Walker knot. A knot tied in the separated strands of the end of a rope.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > knot used by sailors > specific
bowline-knot1627
clinch1627
sheepshank1627
wall-knot1627
running bowline1710
running bowline knot1726
bend1769
clove-hitch1769
half-hitch1769
hitch1769
walnut1769
cat's paw1794
midshipman's hitch1794
reef knot1794
clench1804
French shroud knot1808
carrick bend1819
bowline1823
slippery hitch1832
wall1834
Matthew Walker1841
shroud-knot1860
stopper-knotc1860
marling hitch1867
wind-knot1870
Portuguese knot1871
rosette1875
chain knota1877
stopper-hitch1876
swab-hitch1883
monkey fist1917
Spanish bowline1968
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > any knot used by sailors > other specific sailors' knots
bowline-knot1627
clinch1627
sheepshank1627
wall-knot1627
running bowline1710
running bowline knot1726
bend1769
clove-hitch1769
half-hitch1769
hitch1769
walnut1769
Magnus hitch1794
midshipman's hitch1794
clench1804
French shroud knot1808
carrick bend1819
bowline1823
slippery hitch1832
wall1834
cat's paw1840
Matthew Walker1841
shroud-knot1860
stopper-knotc1860
Portuguese knot1871
chain knota1877
stopper-hitch1876
swab-hitch1883
Spanish bowline1968
1808 D. Lever Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor 5 Matthew Walker's knot.]
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. vii. 37 A Matthew Walker knot,..unlay the end of a rope [etc.].
1856 C. 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.
1860 All Year Round 28 July 382/1 ‘Which knot?’ asked Toby... ‘Matthew Walker, spritsail-sheet, stopper or shroud?’
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy (1886) 105 A Matthew Walker knot is used for the standing part of the lanyards of lower rigging.
1953 People (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.
1971 I. Imrie tr. S. Svensson 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.
1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque viii. 230 The laniards at each end were finished with a handsome Matthew Walker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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