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

Take a half hitch around that stump, and you’ll have her!

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“No, but it makes me mad to hear kids that 76 don’t know a half hitch from a square knot talking about getting in the gunners’ class!”

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

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You cuts a round hole and then you takes half hitches all around it.

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Joe slipped the rope over the mare mule's head, took a half hitch around a fence post, and stepped out of reach when the mule slashed at him with her yellowed teeth.

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