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• half hitch
  half hitch

  noun

  a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
• half-hitch
  half-hitch

  noun

  a knot made by passing the end of a piece of rope around itself and through the loop thus made

half hitch

American  

noun

1. a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.

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half-hitch British  

noun

1. a knot made by passing the end of a piece of rope around itself and through the loop thus made

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Etymology

Origin of half hitch

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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Given all this, I tried to make sense of the electronic shoreline with Anhinga, our 37-foot Bertram, rolling in a beam sea as the Whaler attempted to slip a half hitch around her wheels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, there was reason to suppose that all four had been bound by the same person: in all four instances the same type of knot, a half hitch, was used.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

This forms a half hitch, below which hangs the cinch.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

And, as I'm all ready except another half hitch to my white tie, I'm elected.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

Square the two nettles and take a half hitch with each.

From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Patchin, Frank Gee

When securing these lines, use a full wrap around the base of the cleat, at least one figure eight and a half-hitch cinched tight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bobbins not actually in use hang down fixed as in lace work by a half-hitch.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace

The roper made a half-hitch round the nose of the bronco, swung to its back, and cantered back to camp.

From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by Raine, William MacLeod

He probably undertook to loosen the coils to make a half-hitch; but a game warden has no business with a snub-line when the devil is in it.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

"Better keep a half-hitch on the colt," remarked Bud.

From The Young Forester by Grey, Zane