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reesetee commented on the word double sheetbend
A sailors' bend used for joining two ropes of unequal size. A double sheetbend is often tied in place of a sheetbend when the ropes are markedly different sizes: The bitter end of the smaller rope is taken twice around the bight in the larger-sized rope.
January 17, 2008