slip knot
- a variation of slipknot.
Example Sentences
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Standing around a table in the garden, we washed, trimmed and peeled the fruit, tied each stem in a slip knot, then dipped the persimmons in boiling water for just a couple of seconds.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
That’s what it brought to mind to me, except it’s not a slip knot.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2020
To make a hat, Maggie taught me to cast on with the same slip knot the crew used to secure the fenders.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2017
It was wrapped around the mast, as shown in the drawing, with one loop holding it in place, like a slip knot, and the other supporting the end of the sprit.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
Le Bris gave the jerk of the rope that should have unfastened the slip knot, but a concealed nail on the cart caught the rope, so that it failed to run.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
