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 twohalf hitches in opposite directions, used to make aline fast to aspar or to a largerrope ; it will notslip
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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