Page 4 - Forbes Pettigrew "A Few Good Knots"

This booklet is dedicated to the person who, when attempting to tie a Reef
Knot ends up with a Granny Knot, and is curious as to why.

Knot: An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes,
cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of
fastening them together or to another object, or to prevent slipping,
and secured by being drawn tight.

Bend: A knot, used to unite one rope to another, or to something else.

Hitch: Applied to a noose or knot of various kinds, by which a rope is
caught round or temporarily made fast to some object.

Oxford English Dictionary - Second Edition 1989

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