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Front That side of the finished knot that, during construction, is nearest to the tyer.
Grafting Wrapping the warps of cord around the weft cord, or wrapping the weft cord around the
warp cords.
Hackamore A rope or leather fitting that is used to exert pressure on a horse’s nose when training the
horse.
Hackled Cleaned of debris, bark and other impurities in a natural fibre by drawing repeatedly
across a brush with close-set spikes of metal prior to spinning the fibres for rope making.
Halter A strap forming part of the hackamore that holds the bosal in place.
Hawser A right-laid rope used in holding a ship or in controlling its parts, such as yards, sails, etc.
Hawser-laid refers to a rope being right-laid or Z-laid.
Hemp The plant (Cannabis sativa) from which fibres are extracted and twisted or woven into
rope, line, cord, or twine.
Hockle A round turn in a piece of rope, line, or cord that is formed when a laid or braided line is
twisted along its length to form a tight circle that is very damaging to the fibres or wires in
the line.
Hollow fid A round metal bar, pointed at one end and with a hollow recess at the other, used in
splicing braided line.
Jute The plant (Corchorus capsularis OR C. olitorius) from which fibres are extracted and
twisted into rope, line, or cord.
Knittle A bundle of cord wrapped in a figure-eight pattern and bound around its centre, thereby
allowing the cord to feed out from one end without tangling.
Lacquer The sap of the East Asian tree (Rhus verniciflua) that is mixed with alcohol or other solvent
to form a liquid that dries to form a hard, protective coating. Sometimes also made with
shellac instead of sap, which lac is derived instead from insects.
Ladder The formation found in making a knot whereby the previously passed parts of the knot
form two parallel lines and the lines crossing them are alternately under or over both
parallel lines; ladders are typically completed by passing the working end between the
parallel lines.
Laid line Line that has been formed by twisting the parts together, typically left-laid strands from
right-laid yarns, those strands twisted together to form right-laid line.
Lanyard A length of (usu.) decorative cord used to suspend or retain a badge, tool, or other object
to prevent its loss. Lanyards may encircle the neck or may be attached to a belt or other
suspension device on the clothing of the wearer.
Lashing (noun) A series of tight wraps of rope, line, or cord intended to substitute for nails
or other metal fittings in keeping two objects (usu. spars or sticks) close together and
structurally safe; used in erection of scaffolding in some parts of the world.
(verb) The act of forming a lashing.
Leads The several parts of a knot that cross each other in forming the knot.
Leather lace A narrow strip of leather cut from the perimeter of an animal hide as a continuous piece
using a sharp, vertically mounted blade.
Manila The plant (Musa textilis) from which fibre is extracted and twisted to make rope or line.
Marlinespike A tapered steel or iron tool used in splicing wire ropes.
Nippers A steel tool having hardened opposing cutting blades used in cutting wire and metals.
Overhand The manner of moving one line past another by crossing atop the other line; the opposite
of underhand.
Pass (noun) A single portion of the line used that crosses between two readily distinguished