wall knot

noun

1. a knot forming a knob at the end of a rope, made by unwinding the strands and weaving them together

Example Sentences

The "Wall Knot" (Fig. 114) is almost as simple as the crown, and in fact is practically a crown reversed.

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Wall knot crowned—a neat rope-end finish, to prevent unraveling.

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If the ends by which the wall knot is made after being hove were passed through the bights, it would make the knot stronger.

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If the seizing is small cordage, take a wall-knot in the end; if spunyarn, an overhand knot.

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A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned at its end.

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