sheet bend


noun
  1. a knot made between two ropes by forming a bight in one and passing the end of the other through the bight, around it, and under itself.

Origin of sheet bend

1
First recorded in 1835–45

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How to use sheet bend in a sentence

  • This row of meshes and all that follow after are made by fastening them to the upper row with a sheet bend (see Fig. 32).

  • When one rope is smaller than the other the double sheet-bend is always used, making the double turn with the smaller rope.

    The Gunner's Examiner | Harold E. Cloke

British Dictionary definitions for sheet bend

sheet bend

noun
  1. a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes: Also called: becket bend, weaver's hitch

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