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Matthew Walker

American  

noun

  1. a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.

Matthew Walker British  
/ ˈwɔːkə /

noun

  1. a knot made at the end of a rope by unlaying the strands and passing them up through the loops formed in the next two strands

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Etymology

Origin of Matthew Walker

First recorded in 1855–60; after the presumed inventor of the knot

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