clove hitch
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clove hitch/ˈkləʊvhɪtʃ/
▶noun a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice round a spar or another rope that it crosses at right angles in such a way that both ends pass under the loop of rope at the front.
– origin C18: clove, past tense of cleave1 (because the rope appears as separate parallel lines at the back of the knot).
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