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A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.
A knot used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope. (See also Rolling hitch) Marline Hitching: A knot used to attach a rope to a cylindrical object. Similar in appearance to the Chain Hitch, but a succession of overhand knots. Marlinespike hitch: A temporary knot used to attach a rod to a rope in order to form a handle. Midshipman's hitch
Magnus hitch (rolling hitch) – used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope; Manharness knot (artillery loop) – knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes; Matthew Walker knot – decorative knot that is used to keep the end of a rope from fraying
Pole sitting is predated by the ancient ascetic discipline of stylitism, or column-sitting. St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388 –459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 36 years. [1] 14-year-old William Ruppert breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days, in 1929
The pipe hitch will not slip when tied correctly to a pipe or pole. This knot is a variation of the Round turn and two half-hitches. [4] [5] This knot can be used with a rope to pull a pipe or spar out of the ground, [6] or to hoist a pipe or beam.
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