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Definition of Rolling hitch
1. Noun. A hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope.
Definition of Rolling hitch
1. Noun. A type of bend knot used to provide lengthwise grip of one rope to another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rolling Hitch
Literary usage of Rolling hitch
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)
"A rolling hitch. With the end of a rope take a half-hitch around the stand ing
part ; then take another through the same bight, jaming it in above the first ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"A rolling hitch. With the end of a rope take a half-hitch around the stand tug
part ; then take another through the same hight, jaming it in above the first ..."
3. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"focus or center of communication: coulant, noose, slip, running knot; rolling
hitch; coulant simple, slipknot, running knot: coulant sur double clef, ..."
4. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"65, the stick is held in position by a pull on each side; the " rolling hitch, Fig.
66, is a still tighter knot than the timber hitch, as it rolls the lines ..."
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