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Hitches: rope structures that tie a rope to an object such as a ring or a post,
usually at one end. (The other end is generally tied to something else, like a boat
or a tarp.) Hitches are not true knots, as they are tied to the object and depend
upon it for part of their structure, whereas a loop knot is freestanding and
independent of the object it surrounds. See Part Seven.
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