double hitch
Americannoun
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Has anyone tried to get him to change that double hitch swing?
From Chicago Tribune ● May 5, 2011
We were able, however, to rig our team with the double hitch that is so much more economical of power than the tandem hitch, whenever the width of the trail permits it.
From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck
"Better put the 'mechanic' on him," said Harry, and presently young Roy was beside me on the cradle, securing me to the drop-lines with a double hitch.
From Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett
At each end the spiral wind is doubled two turns, the second lying over the first and developing a frictional resistance similar to that of a double hitch of a rope around a post.
From The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex. American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, No. 1170 by J. L. Campbell
Arethusa took a double hitch on her larynx, and tried again.
From The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Anne Warner
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