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THE EVER YTHING KNOTS BOOK

guy lines: Stays, or support lines leveraged tie: A fastening or hitch
that help secure tall objects, such as that allows you to apply more ten-
poles. sion on an object than you are
exerting to tighten it.
halyard: Name given to rope on a
boat that raises and lowers sails. line: How rope on a boat is referred
to when in use.
hank: A coil of rope that is secured
at the middle with a number of loop knot: A knot that locks a sec-
wraps. tion of rope into a circle or other
closed form.
hawser: Refers to three-strand
twisted rope, is a nautical term. marlinespike: Similar to a fid and
generally made of metal, it is also
used as a grip for pulling twine
hitch: A knot that fastens a rope to
an object. tightly for seizings.
nautical: Pertaining to the sea or
jam: When a knot cannot be untied boats.
readily.
noose: A slipped loop that is closed
kink: A tight turn in rope that can by pulling on the standing part.
form when it has extra twists in it
due to handling. It is damaging to plait: A form of braid, making a
the rope fibers. rope of noncircular cross section, or
flat braid.
knot: Any complication in rope that
has the potential for the rope to act reeve: To pass a rope through the
differently than if it were not there. lead of a pulley or other tackle.
Often refers to a structure that will
remain in place under normal use. riding turns: A second set of turns,
usually over a seizing, and having
lanyard: A strap or short length of one less turn than the set beneath
rope or braid that serves as a it.
handle. It is generally made into a rope: Cordage that is too large in cross
loop and is often used on tools to section to be referred to as twine. It is
prevent their loss.
generally made up of more than one
strand or component.
lariat: Also called a “lasso,” it is a
rope made into a slip loop, often round turn: When a rope is
used like a snare.
wrapped around an object such that
it passes behind it twice.
lashing: Using multiple wraps and
frapping turns to secure two or more running end: Also called the end,
poles together. the working end, and the tag end;
refers to the tip of the rope when
lead: Refers to the standing and run- used in forming a knot.
ning parts of the rope that exit from
a finished knot. Also refers to their seizing: A form of lashing, used to
direction. secure one rope to another, often

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