carrick bend

carrick bend

car·rick bend

C0127500 (kăr′ĭk)n. Nautical A type of knot used to fasten two cables or hawsers together.

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[From obsolete carrick, variant of carrack.]

carrick bend

(ˈkærɪk) n (Knots) a knot used for joining two ropes or cables together[C19: perhaps variant of carrack]

car′rick bend`

(ˈkær ɪk)
n. a knot or bend for joining the ends of two ropes. [1810–20; perhaps to be identified with Middle English carryk, variant of carrake carrack]

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carrick bend - a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsersknot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object