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overhand knot

American  

noun

  1. a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.


overhand knot British  

noun

  1. Also called: thumb knot.  a knot formed by making a loop in a piece of cord and drawing one end through it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of overhand knot

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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And this isn't a small effect: common knots generally reduce the strength of a rope by 20 percent for the strongest ones, to over 50 percent for a simple overhand knot.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021

Knot strength depends a lot on its material: a beefy figure eight knot in a thin fishing line will never support more weight than the lowly overhand knot in a climbing rope.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021

Step 2 Tie an overhand knot with the doubled line, so the hook, lure or swivel is on the doubled line in the knot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Step 2 Tie a loose overhand knot using the doubled line on either side of the eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only "measures of defence" I could recall for the moment were, how to tie "a thumb or overhand knot," and how long it takes to cut down an apple tree of six inches' diameter.

From The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Swinton, Ernest Dunlop