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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
noun
- a knot made by passing the end of a piece of rope around itself and through the loop thus made
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half hitch1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
To shorten a guy rope on tent or marquee, gather the rope in the form of two long loops and pass a half-hitch over each loop.
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Hiram noted that the Cap'n's trembling hands were taking a half-hitch with a rope's end about a tiller-spoke.
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I knew the words half-hitch had something to do with a lasso, and I was rather taken back by the hotel proprietor's remark.
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Britt, turning, yelled to the officer at the top of the slope, “Give that snub-line a half-hitch and hold that load!”
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Wind ribbing spirally around the body and tie off with two turns and a half hitch of tying silk as Fig. 9.
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