Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A knot used to secure a line to a spar, post, or other object, consisting of two half hitches made in opposite directions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See hitch, 6.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nautical a bend formed by two half hitches in opposite directions, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English clove, split, past participle of cleven, to split; see cleave.]

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