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When either end of a turn is put back through the loop, in an over-and-
under sequence, the turn becomes a so-called overhand knot—which
seamen do not regard as a proper knot but use, nonetheless, as a
building block in making other knots.
An eye is a loop made in a rope end and secured either by knotting or by
the more permanent means of seizing—or splicing, as here.
When a rope used in conjunction with another object, such as a spar or
bollard, goes part way around the object, the rope is said to have taken a
turn. If it goes completely around the object to form a closed loop, the
rope makes a round turn. Two round turns are formed by passing the
rope three times over the object to form two closed loops.
