Page 139 - Peter Randall - The Craft of the Knot

NOOSE
A slipped loop that is closed by pulling on the standing part.

PLAIT
A form of braid, making a rope of noncircular cross section, or flat braid.

REEVE
To pass a rope through the lead of a pulley or other tackle.

RIDING TURNS
A second set of turns, usually over a seizing, and having one less turn than the set
beneath it.

ROPE

Cordage that is too large in cross section to be referred to as twine. It is generally made
up of more than one strand or component.

ROUND TURN
When a rope is wrapped around an object such that it passes behind it twice.

RUNNING END
Also called the end, the working end, and the tag end; refers to the tip of the rope when

used in forming a knot.

SEIZING
A form of lashing, used to secure one rope to another, often the running end back to the
standing part, after the knot is formed.

SENNIT
Braided cordage, also called sinnet.

SHEATH
The part of a rope that forms its outer covering, when it has a “sheath and core”
structure.

SHOCK LOADING

Placing temporary tension on a slack rope as it comes under sudden strain.

SLACK
When there is room to pull on a rope or knot, without tightening it.

SLING

A ready-made form of rope, usually a closed loop, that can readily be applied to
something to serve as a hitch.