| 单词 | midshipman's hitch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidshipman's hitch midshipman's hitch n. a type of knot (see quot. 1886). ΘΚΠ 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 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 182 Midshipman's-Hitch. Take a half hitch round the standing part, and a round turn above the hitch, which jambs tight. It is mostly used to make fast the sheets of sailing boats. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 21 Marling-spike, or Midshipman hitch. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 591/2 Midshipman's Hitch.—Take two round turns inside the bight, the same as a half-hitch repeated; stop up the end; or let another half-hitch be taken or held by hand. Used for hooking a tackle for a temporary purpose. 1908 Man. Seamanship (1915) I. iii. 64 (heading) Midshipman's Hitch. < as lemmas |
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