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Definition of Becket bend
1. Noun. A hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Becket Bend
Literary usage of Becket bend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"... clap both bights together, and hook on to both parts.— (See Plate.) nA SHEET
OR becket bend. Pass the end of a rope through the bight of another rope, ..."
2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"It is sometimes called also a Becket-bend. A Double Bend, Fig. 74, Plate 9, is
simply taking the end around a second time. The single bend is the most ..."
3. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"It is also called a becket bend 01 a Weaver's Hitch. A Fisherman's Bend.—With
the end of a rope take two round turns around a spar; take one half hitch ..."
4. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"A Sheet or becket bend. Fig. 3. Called by landsman a Weaver's Knot because used
for knotting yarns. Is especially suited for use with small lines, ..."
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