enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Killick hitch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killick_hitch

    The killick hitch / ˈ k ɪ l ɪ k / is a type of hitch knot used to attach a rope to oddly shaped objects. This knot is also known as the kelleg hitch. It is a combination of a timber hitch tied in conjunction with a half hitch, which is added to lend support and stability when pulling or hoisting the object; [1] the addition of a half-hitch in front of the timber hitch creates a timber hitch ...

  3. Halter hitch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halter_hitch

    The halter hitch is topologically the same knot as the Falconer's knot, i. e. a slipped overhand knot around the main part. [3] The falconer has to tie the same knot one handed, throwing the end around the anchor object (the perch), gripping it with a scissoring fingers act, pulling the bight from opposite side of the main part using the back of the thumb.

  4. Timber hitch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_hitch

    The timber hitch is a knot used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object. Secure while tension is maintained, it is easily untied even after heavy loading. [1][2][3] The timber hitch is a very old knot. It is first known to have been mentioned in a nautical source c. 1625 [4] and illustrated in 1762. [1]

  5. Adjustable grip hitch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_grip_hitch

    The adjustable grip hitch is a simple and useful friction hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack. It will hold fast when loaded, but slip when shock loaded until tension is relieved enough for it to again hold fast. It serves the same purpose as the taut-line hitch, e.g. tensioning a tent's guy line.

  6. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitch_(knot)

    Hitch (knot) The clove hitch. A hitch is a type of knot used to secure a rope to an object or another rope. Hitches are used in a variety of situations, including climbing, sailing, and securing loads. They are classified based on their ability to be tightened or released, their resistance to slipping, and their strength.

  7. Two half-hitches - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_half-hitches

    Two half-hitches. Two half-hitches is a type of knot, specifically a binding knot or hitch knot. One variety consists of an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch. This knot is less often referred to as a clove hitch over itself, double half-hitch, or full-hitch. Two half hitches is the commonest of all hitches for mooring ...

  8. Constrictor knot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrictor_knot

    Constrictor knot. The constrictor knot is one of the most effective binding knots. [1][2][3][4] Simple and secure, it is a harsh knot that can be difficult or impossible to untie once tightened. It is made similarly to a clove hitch but with one end passed under the other, forming an overhand knot under a riding turn.

  9. Prusik knot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prusik_knot

    ABoK. #1763. A Prusik (/ ˈprʌsɪk / PRUSS-ik) is a friction hitch or knot used to attach a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, ziplining, and by arborists. The term Prusik is a name for both the loops of cord used to tie the hitch and the hitch itself, and the verb is "to prusik ...