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FIBER The smallest element in all cordage of vegetable origin.

FILAMENT The smallest element in all cordage of synthetic origin (See both

Monofilament and Multifilament)

FRAY The unintentional or deliberate unlaying of a rope’s end to its component
strands, yarns and filaments.

HARD LAID Any cordage rendered stiff and less flexible due to the tension
imparted during manufacture.

HAWSER Traditional rope, usually of three strands and laid right-handed.

HEART (See Core)

HITCH Generic name for those knots that attach a line or lanyard securely to a

fixed ring, rail, spar, post or other firm anchorage point.

KERNMANTEL (Literally core-sheath) The European name for some climbing
ropes.

KNOT Generic term for any cordage entanglement—accidental or deliberate—
that is not a bend or a hitch.

LANYARD A short length of cord used to lash, secure or suspend an item.

LAY The direction in which rope strands spiral as they recede from the person
tying the knot, either right-handed (clockwise) or left-handed (counter-

clockwise).

LEAD (Pronounced “leed”) The direction taken by the working end as it goes

around or through an object or a knot.

LINE Any rope with a specific use (tow-line, guy-line, washing line).

LOCKING TUCK The final tuck, usually with a regular over-under sequence,

without which a knot layout is incomplete and insecure.

LOOP A bight with a crossing point.