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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

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

It seems he didn't half hitch Prince, who got oneasy like, and started for home.

From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane

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

Every time I get a half-hitch on that fellow, something turns up to make it slip.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis

With the strain off, it was easy to take another half-hitch around the line, and the knot was secure beyond peradventure.

From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

By making a half-hitch around this internode, the vine is held very firmly.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

The horses were then swam over, after which the rope was attached to the axle of the buggy and run along the pole, a half-hitch being tied at the point.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)