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2. Killick hitch - Wikipedia

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   The killick hitch / ˈ k ɪ l ɪ k / is a type of hitch knot used to attach a rope to oddly shaped objects. [1]: 32 It is a combination of a timber hitch tied in conjunction with a half hitch [1]: 23 which is added to lend support and stability when pulling or hoisting the object.

3. Swing (seat) - Wikipedia

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   Tire swing Canopy swing. Tire swings are a form of swing made from a whole tire. These are often simply a new or used tire hanging from a tree on a rope. On commercially-developed playground swing sets, oversized new tires are often reinforced with a circular metal bar to improve safety and are hung on chains from metal or wooden beams.

4. Timber hitch - Wikipedia

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   A killick is "a small anchor or weight for mooring a boat, sometimes consisting of a stone secured by pieces of wood". [8] This can also prevent the timber hitch from rolling. [ 3 ] The timber hitch is one of the few knots that can easily be tied in a chain, [ citation needed ] leading to its use in applications where ropes lack the necessary ...

5. Farrimond friction hitch - Wikipedia

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   The Farrimond friction hitch is a quick release adjustable friction hitch for use on lines under tension. It is useful when the length of a line will need to be periodically adjusted in order to maintain or adjust tension whilst remaining quick and easy to untie; such as when hanging the ridge line for a Basha.

6. Swing hitch - Wikipedia

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   Choosing a grabbing and tightly holding knot such as swing hitch rather than a loop knot such as a bowline for the swing, and thus avoiding sawing or sanding type of movements of the rope, Using a cambium protector in between rope and tree that is soft towards the tree and slippery on the rope side, so any movement of the rope slide on the ...

7. List of chairs - Wikipedia

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   Fauteuil, an open-arm chair with considerable exposed wood, originating in 18th-century France; Fiddleback chair, a wooden chair of the Empire period, usually with an upholstered seat, in which the splat resembles a fiddle; A fighting chair [23] is a chair on a boat used by anglers to catch large saltwater fish. The chair typically swivels and ...