CLOVE HITCH


Meaning of CLOVE HITCH in English

noun

Etymology: clove (variant of cloven ) + hitch

: a knot used to secure a rope temporarily to an object (as a post or spar) and consisting of a turn around the object, over the standing part, around the object again, and under the last turn

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