square knot
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noun
a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
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Origin of square knot
First recorded in 1865–70
Words nearby square knot
square foot, square go, squarehead, square inch, square kilometer, square knot, square-law, square leg, squarely, square matrix, square meal
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