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  2. List of knots - Wikipedia

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    Granny knot – secures a rope or line around an object; Grief knot – (what knot) combines features of granny knot and thief knot; Gripping sailor's hitch – used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, when the pull is lengthwise along the object; Ground-line hitch – attaches a rope to an object

  3. Knot - Wikipedia

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    Knot board [] on Elbe 1 (ship, 1965). A knot is an intentional complication in cordage [1] which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend fastens two ends of a rope to each another; a loop knot is any knot creating a loop; and splice denotes any multi ...

  4. Noose - Wikipedia

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    A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot. The knot can be used to secure a rope to a post, pole, or animal but only where the end is in a position that the loop can be passed over.

  5. List of knot terminology - Wikipedia

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    Binding knots are knots that either constrict a single object or hold two objects snugly together. Whippings, seizings and lashings serve a similar purpose to binding knots, but contain too many wraps to be properly called a knot. [1] In binding knots, the ends of rope are either joined together or tucked under the turns of the knot.

  6. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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    A hitch knot used to bind a rope to a carabiner. Farrimond friction hitch: A quick release adjustable friction hitch for use on lines under tension. Garda hitch: A ratcheting knot used to disallow dual direction rope travel. Gripping sailor's hitch: A secure, jam-proof hitch used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, boom, spar, etc ...

  7. Hangman's knot - Wikipedia

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    Hangman's rope displayed at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment, Washington, D.C. A label with the title "Hangman Rope/Noose" shown attached to the noose reads, "This hangman rope/noose was purportedly used at the historical Don Jail in Toronto, Canada to hang a man named Jan Ziolko in April of 1915."

  8. List of friction hitch knots - Wikipedia

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    The pile hitch is easier to tie than the icicle hitch, and can be tied in the bight without access to either end of the rope. Prusik or Prussik: A friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, and by arborists. Rolling hitch (Taut-line hitch) Schwabisch hitch

  9. Highpoint hitch - Wikipedia

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    To tie the hitch around a pole, begin by passing the working end a half turn round the pole. Next, pass a half turn round the standing part. Then, pass a half turn round both the working end and the standing part, above the first turn (i.e. closer to the pole).

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