Definition of Carrick bend

1. Noun. A knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers.

Generic synonyms: Knot

Definition of Carrick bend

1. Noun. (nautical) A round knot used to join two rope hawsers when required to go round the barrel of a capstan without jamming. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrick Bend

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carriageable
carriagebuilder
carriagebuilders
carriagebuilding
carriageless
carriagelike
carriagemaker
carriagemakers
carriagemaking
carriages
carriageway
carriageways
carriboo
carriboos
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carried the message to Garcia
carrier
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carrier-pigeon
carrier bag
carrier bags
carrier cell
carrier electrophoresis

Literary usage of Carrick 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)
"... round turns round a spar as you see in the plate, two half hitches around the standing part, and the end stopped back.— (See Plaie.) 15.—A carrick bend. ..."

2. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"A Single carrick bend. Figs. 5 and 6. Compare with Single Sheet Bend. A Double carrick bend. Figs. 7, 8 and 9. More secure than the Single Carrick, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"carrick bend. Fia. 15.—Midshipman's Hitch. Soaking (flg. 12). ... carrick bend (fig. 13).—Lay the end of one hawser over its own part to form a bight ..."

4. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Same as a "Clove Hitch," qv carrick bend Knot.—See "Ketchum's Hand Book," pages 444 and 445. ... Same as "carrick bend Knot," qv Encased Knot. ..."

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