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Definition of slippery hitch in English: slippery hitchnoun A kind of knot made fast by catching part of the rope beneath the loop, released by pulling on the free end. Example sentencesExamples - This morning, we had a short history class and later on in the day we had a seamanship class where we learned basic knots like the half hitch, slippery hitch, bowline and many more.
- Demonstrate properly belaying a line to a cleat, coiling short and long lines, bowline, reef knot, slippery hitch and figure eight knots.
- If you get real fancy, you can tie a slippery hitch in the halyard around the pennant.
- Lanyards with slippery hitches secure the shank to the pulpit stanchion.
- If the cable is of rope, take care that it is not made fast to the ring with a slippery hitch.
- What I did was to tie a slippery hitch in the anchor rode and attach two warps to the loop in the rode by means of bowlines.
- We used the slippery hitch for the falls on one boat I sailed on, but I can't remember why.
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