Matthew Walker


noun
  1. a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.

Origin of Matthew Walker

1
First recorded in 1855–60; after the presumed inventor of the knot

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Matthew Walker

/ (ˈwɔːkə) /


noun
  1. a knot made at the end of a rope by unlaying the strands and passing them up through the loops formed in the next two strands

Origin of Matthew Walker

1
C19: probably named after the man who introduced it

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