sheet bend
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- Also called becket bend, netting knot, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot.
Words Nearby sheet bend
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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).
The Child's Rainy Day Book | Mary WhiteWhen 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
a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes: Also called: becket bend, weaver's hitch
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