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to form the sennit working with alternate outside strands until you reach
the required length (figure 127), when you should hitch together the
strands at the top and haul tight the sennit.
figure 127
Stage: a plank of timber which is suspended as a working platform; see
also horn and scaffold hitch.
Stage hitch see scaffold hitch.
Standing end: the other end of the rope to the working end.
Standing part: the remaining part of a rope, other than the ends, or bight
or that piece of rope that is being employed in the tying of a knot. It is
usually that part that is under load (figure 128).
