rough knot
Nautical (now historical )
noun
A rough or unsophisticated seaman.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in William Richardson (1743–1814), literary scholar.
- plain English
- Plainfield
- plain flour
- plain Friend
- plainhead
- plain-headed
- plain-hearted
- plain homage
- plain hunt
- plain hunting
- plainish
- plain Jane
- plain knit
- plain knitted
- plain-laid
- plain language
- plain-looking
- plainly
- plain man
- plain muscle
- plainness
- plain-paper
- Plain People
- plain sail
- plain sailing