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ABOK index – Part 40 of 59 (alphabetical H)
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H
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Half a crown |
#3405 (p.543) |
| Half Bowknot² |
→ see Half or Single Bowknot (Drawknot) #1211 |
| Half Bowknot or Drawknot |
#512 (p.82) |
| Half Bowstring² |
→ see Half or Single Bowknot (Drawknot) #1211 |
| Half Hitch |
#48 (p.14), #50 (p.15), #307 (p.51), #1185 (p.216), #1662 (p.290), #1707 (p.295), #1821 (p.308), #2490 (p.400) |
| Half Hitch (as crossing knot) |
#1185 (p.216) |
| Half Hitch (hook) |
#307 (p.51) |
| Half Hitch (Loose Hitch) |
#1707 (p.295) |
| Half Hitch (Tatting Knot) |
#2490 (p.400) |
| Half Hitch on a hook |
#1877 (p.314) |
| Half Hitch seized |
#1717 (p.295) |
| Half Hitch, adding two strands |
#2487 (p.400) |
| Half Hitch, nip at top of spar |
#1663 (p.290) |
| Half Hitched Clove Hitch |
#1805 (p.305) |
| Half Hitched Half Hitch |
#1709 (p.295) |
| Half hitching |
#3114 (p.518) |
| Half Knot |
#47 (p.14), #1183 (p.216), #1202 (p.220), #2493 (p.400) |
| Half Knot (as crossing knot) |
#1183 (p.216) |
| Half Knot (Macramé Knot) |
#2493 (p.400) |
| Half Knot (Single Knot) |
#1202 (p.220) |
| Half Knot Grafting |
#3555 (p.563), #3556 (p.563) |
| Half Knot, adding two cords |
#2488 (p.400) |
| Half mast hoop |
#3146 (p.520) |
| Half or Single Bowknot |
#1211 (p.220) |
| Half or Single Bowknot (Drawknot) |
#1211 (p.220) |
| Half Round Diamond Knot |
#735 (p.132) |
| Half Round Knot |
#640 (p.110) |
| Half Round Sinnet of eight strands |
#3004 (p.494), #3006 (p.494) |
| Half Round Sinnet of eight strands (variant) |
#3006 (p.494) |
| Half Round Sinnet of ten strands |
#3005 (p.494) |
| Half Round Turk's-Head |
#1391 (p.252) |
| Half Sheepshank for hauling wire |
#238 (p.44) |
| Half-Round Knot |
#928 (p.173) |
| Half-Round Knot attempt |
#946 (p.175) |
| Half-Round Knot, crowned to left |
#941 (p.175) |
| Halter Hitch |
#243 (p.44), #1804 (p.305), #1826 (p.308) |
| Halter Hitch² |
→ see Slip Noose #45 |
| Halter Hitch² |
→ see Slip Noose #1115 |
| Hammock clew |
#3813 (p.588) |
| Hammock clew (simplest) |
#3813 (p.588) |
| Hammock Hitch |
#1832 (p.309), #1833 (p.309) |
| Handcuff Knot |
#412 (p.66), #1134 (p.206), #1140 (p.208), #2292 (p.371) |
| Hangman's Knot |
#366 (p.59), #1119 (p.204) |
| Harbor gasket |
#3477 (p.551) |
| Harness Knot² |
→ see Artillery Loop #153 |
| Harness Loop |
#532 (p.87), #1050 (p.190) |
| Harness Loop² |
→ see Artillery Loop #153 |
| Harness Loop (Artilleryman's Knot) |
#1050 (p.190) |
| Harness Loops on climbing rope |
#428 (p.70) |
| Harness-Chain Anchor |
#212 (p.40) |
| Hawser Bend |
#1446 (p.264) |
| Hawser Bend (seized Full Carrick Bend) |
#1446 (p.264) |
| Hawser Bowline |
#1014 (p.186) |
| Hawser Eye |
#2760 (p.451) |
| Hawser or Cable Bend |
#1496 (p.269) |
| Hawser or Cable Bend (Outside Clinches) |
#1496 (p.269) |
| Hawser Short Splice |
#2670 (p.433) |
| Hawser Splice |
#2701 (p.439) |
| Hawser Thimble Eye |
#2762 (p.451) |
| Head earing |
#3435 (p.545) |
| Head or Earing Cringle |
#2850 (p.468), #2851 (p.468) |
| Heart |
#952 (p.175) |
| Heart lashing in the bowsprit rigging |
#3312 (p.536) |
| Heaving Line Knot based on Hangman's Knot |
#538 (p.88) |
| Heaving Line Knot, side-spliced |
#537 (p.88) |
| Heaving Line Lanyard |
#536 (p.88) |
| Heaving-down" block |
#3184 (p.524) |
| Heaving-Line Bend |
#1463 (p.265) |
| Hemisphere |
#958 (p.176) |
| Herringbone Shroud Knot |
#1589 (p.281) |
| Herringbone weave Turk's-Head |
#1381 (p.248) |
| Herringbone weave Turk's-Head ("Over-Two-Under-Two") |
#1381 (p.248) |
| Herringboning, or herringbone stitch |
#3538 (p.560) |
| Hide Scotchmen |
#3519 (p.558) |
| High Post Hitch |
#1809 (p.305) |
| High Post Hitch tied in the bight |
#1810 (p.305) |
| Hitch² |
→ see Single Hitch #49 |
| Hitch, Single Hitch or Simple Hitch |
#1594 (p.284) |
| Hitched end |
#3549 (p.562) |
| Hitched eyelet holes |
#3524 (p.559) |
| Hitched fender |
#3508 (p.556) |
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ABOK index – Part 42 of 59 (alphabetical K)
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ABOK index – Part 43 of 59 (alphabetical L)
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L
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| La Garrotte |
#2596 (p.419) |
| Lace line and screw eyes |
#3129 (p.519) |
| Lacing Knot |
#3794 (p.586) |
| Lady's belt |
#3732 (p.581), #3733 (p.581) |
| Lady's belt (Four-Strand Sinnet) |
#3733 (p.581) |
| Lanyard |
#1802 (p.305) |
| Lanyard |
#3237½ (p.528) |
| Lanyard Hitch |
#3240 (p.528), #3318 (p.537) |
| Lanyard Hitch² |
→ see Cow Hitch #56 |
| Lanyard Hitch² |
→ see Cow Hitch #244 |
| Lanyard Hitch² |
→ see Cow Hitch (as crossing knot) #1184 |
| Lanyard Hitch² |
→ see Cow Hitch (Lanyard, Deadeye, Stake Hitch) #1802 |
| Lanyard Hitch (wire rigging) |
#3318 (p.537) |
| Lanyard Knot |
#19 (p.12), #22 (p.12), #419 (p.68), #685 (p.119) |
| Lanyard Knot based on Figure-Eight |
#582 (p.97) |
| Lanyard Knot from Multi-Strand Button #624 |
#769 (p.137) |
| Lanyard Knot in an upper deadeye |
#690 (p.120) |
| Lanyard Knot of two interlocked Overhands |
#795 (p.144) |
| Lanyard Knot of two Overhands |
#799 (p.145) |
| Lanyard Knot of two Overhands (Japanese) |
#799 (p.145) |
| Lanyard Knot on Four-Strand Diamond |
#977 (p.179) |
| Lanyard Knot on watch guard |
#1865 (p.311) |
| Lanyard Knot, able seaman's way |
#687 (p.120) |
| Lanyard Knot, crowned |
#866 (p.160) |
| Lanyard Knot, crowned (Rose Knot) |
#866 (p.160) |
| Lanyard Knot, ordinary seaman's way |
#688 (p.120) |
| Lanyard of a jib-boom guy |
#3313 (p.536) |
| Lanyard seizing |
#3386 (p.542) |
| Lariat |
#1127 (p.205) |
| Lariat (Lasso) Noose |
#1127 (p.205) |
| Larson's Ring Splice |
#2859 (p.469) |
| Lashing cleat |
#3422 (p.544) |
| Lashing Diagonal Knot² |
→ see Crossed lashing #2115 |
| Lashing Round Knot² |
→ see Pole or post for a scaffolding #2103 |
| Lashing Tripod² |
→ see Tripod lashing #2105 |
| Lasso Noose² |
→ see Lariat (Lasso) Noose #1127 |
| Latigo Knot² |
→ see Cinch, Cincha, Latigo, Bellyband, or Girth Knot #234 |
| Latigo Knot² |
→ see Theodore Knot #1110 |
| Latigo Knot² |
→ see Cinch or Cincha Knot #1528 |
| Latigo Knot² |
→ see Latigo, Cinch or Girth Knot #1871 |
| Latigo Knot² |
→ see Theodore Knot (Fiador) #2569 |
| Latigo, Cinch or Girth Knot |
#1871 (p.312) |
| Lawn tennis net |
#3795 (p.586) |
| Lead line² |
→ see Bale Sling Hitch, Ring Hitch, or Tag Knot #59 |
| Lead line² |
→ see Banana stalk sling (Bale Sling Hitch) #358 |
| Lead line² |
→ see Strap Hitch or Bale Sling Hitch #1694 |
| Lead Line Eye Splice |
#2730 (p.445) |
| Lead Line Hitch² |
→ see Lead Line or Strap Hitch #1860 |
| Lead Line or Strap Hitch |
#1860 (p.311) |
| Leader loop |
#287 (p.49) |
| Leader Loop |
#291 (p.50) |
| Leaf-Shaped Knot |
#2442 (p.390) |
| Leash for a large dog |
#3729 (p.581) |
| Leather Strap Hitch |
#1704 (p.294) |
| Leech rope stopper |
#3434 (p.545) |
| Left-Hand Bowline |
#1783 (p.303), #2549 (p.409) |
| Left-Hand Bowline Knot |
#1034½ (p.188) |
| Left-Hand Bowline, alternative trick method |
#2550 (p.409) |
| Left-Hand Sheet Bend |
#67 (p.16), #492 (p.79), #1432 (p.262), #1988 (p.324) |
| Left-Hand Sheet Bend (as noose) |
#1988 (p.324) |
| Left-Hand Sheet Bend (lace manufacture) |
#492 (p.79) |
| Left-Handed Half Knot |
#1203 (p.220) |
| Left-Handed or Sailmaker's Short Splice |
#2652 (p.430) |
| Letter-Box" Shape |
#636 (p.109) |
| Life preserver |
#3714 (p.580) |
| Ligature Knot |
#461 (p.75), #1209 (p.220) |
| Ligature Knot² |
→ see Surgeon's Knot, aseptic method #463 |
| Ligature Knot (Surgeon's Knot) |
#1209 (p.220) |
| Lighterman's Hitch² |
→ see Hitch to a stanchion #2046 |
| Like Diamond and Crown |
#913 (p.171) |
| Line tub cover |
#3776 (p.584) |
| Lineman's Loop |
#331 (p.54), #1053 (p.191) |
| Lineman's seizing |
#3402 (p.543) |
| Lineman's whipping |
#3459 (p.548) |
| Link or Chain Splice |
#2858 (p.469) |
| Link Sinnet |
#2957 (p.486) |
| Link Sinnet Knot |
#760 (p.135) |
| Link worming |
#3341 (p.539) |
| Lobster Buoy Hitch |
#58 (p.15), #1714 (p.295), #1839 (p.309) |
| Lock Knot |
#1990 (p.324) |
| Locket lanyard |
#3708 (p.579) |
| Log Line Splice |
#2669 (p.433) |
| Long and Short Splices |
#16 (p.12) |
| Long Basket Weave Knot |
#2249 (p.364) |
| Long Cable Splice |
#2708 (p.441) |
| Long Double Diamond with star crown |
#974 (p.179) |
| Long Eye or Long Running Eye |
#2733 (p.445) |
| Long flake |
#3111 (p.517) |
| Long Four-Strand Lanyard Knot |
#773 (p.138) |
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ABOK index – Part 45 of 59 (alphabetical M)
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M
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Macramé Knot |
#2493 (p.400) |
| Made and morticed blocks |
#3155 (p.521) |
| Made Cringles |
#2843 (p.466) |
| Magical Knot |
#2581 (p.416) |
| Magical Knot (Fireman's or Philadelphia Knot) |
#2581 (p.416) |
| Magner's Hitch |
#1465 (p.265), #1734 (p.298) |
| Magner's Hitch² |
→ see Mooring Hitch #1791 |
| Magnus Hitch |
#1190 (p.216), #1465 (p.265), #1681 (p.292), #1736 (p.298) |
| Magnus or Rolling Hitch |
#1230 (p.223), #2555 (p.411) |
| Magnus or Rolling Hitch (as binder) |
#1230 (p.223) |
| Magnus or Rolling Hitch (trick) |
#2555 (p.411) |
| Magnus or Rolling Hitch on a broom |
#373 (p.60) |
| Maiden's Eye |
#2750 (p.448) |
| Mainsheet Eye |
#2781 (p.455) |
| Man-Harness Knot² |
→ see Artillery Loop #153 |
| Man-Harness Knot² |
→ see Harness Loop #532 |
| Man-Harness Knot² |
→ see Harness Loop (Artilleryman's Knot) #1050 |
| Man-Harness Loop² |
→ see Artillery Loop #153 |
| Man-o'-War Sheepshank¹ |
→ see Sheepshank with a Sword Knot #1163 |
| Manger Hitch |
#242 (p.44), #1828 (p.308) |
| Manrope Knot |
#511 (p.82), #847 (p.156) |
| Manrope Knot² |
→ see Tack Knot (Doubled Wall and Crown) #846 |
| Manrope Knot with wall doubled |
#879 (p.162) |
| Manrope Knot, lead followed above |
#848 (p.156) |
| Manrope Left-Handed² |
→ see Manrope Knot, left-handed #847½ |
| Manrope stanchion |
#3759 (p.583) |
| Manropes |
#3758 (p.583) |
| Manuel Perry's Sinnet Knot |
#765 (p.136) |
| Maple Leaf |
#2337 (p.375) |
| Mariner's Splice |
#2709 (p.441) |
| Mariner's Splice for drilling cable |
#2714 (p.442) |
| Marline Bend |
#1482 (p.268) |
| Marline Bend Tucked² |
→ see Tucked Marline Bend #2691 |
| Marline Eye Splice |
#2771 (p.453), #2772 (p.453) |
| Marline Eye Splice (3) or Tucked Eye |
#2772 (p.453) |
| Marline Hitch and Half Hitch |
#1477 (p.267) |
| Marline Hitches |
#2075 (p.336) |
| Marline Hitching |
#3115 (p.518) |
| Marline or Two-Strand Eye Splice |
#2770 (p.453) |
| Marling Knot |
#3771 (p.584) |
| Marling Knot (fringe) |
#3771 (p.584) |
| Marlingspike Hitch |
#7 (p.11), #1186 (p.216), #1789 (p.303), #2624 (p.425) |
| Marlingspike Hitch ("Boat Knot") |
#1789 (p.303) |
| Marlingspike Hitch (heaving strands) |
#2624 (p.425) |
| Marlingspike Hitch as Farmer's Noose Hitch |
#1881 (p.314) |
| Marlingspike Hitch for heaving |
#2030 (p.330) |
| Marlingspike Hitch on a hook |
#1880 (p.314) |
| Marlingspike Hitch stopper |
#559 (p.92) |
| Marlingspike service |
#3348 (p.540) |
| Martha's Vineyard Boat Heaving Line Knot |
#539 (p.88) |
| Mast cleat |
#3419 (p.544) |
| Masthead |
#1167 (p.212) |
| Masthead (Jury Mast) Knot |
#1167 (p.212) |
| Masthead Knot |
#2295 (p.372) |
| Masthead Knot² |
→ see Jury Mast Knot, third method #1169 |
| Masthead Knot² |
→ see Masthead or Jury Mast Knot #2563 |
| Masthead Knot (as frog) |
#2295 (p.372) |
| Masthead Knot with twisted loops |
#2296 (p.372) |
| Masthead or Jury Mast Knot |
#2563 (p.412) |
| Matthew Walker |
#681 (p.118) |
| Matthew Walker (Single Matthew Walker) |
#681 (p.118) |
| Matthew Walker Crowned |
#714 (p.126) |
| Matthew Walker Knot |
#2525 (p.404) |
| Matthew Walker Knot (tufted end) |
#2525 (p.404) |
| Matthew Walker Knot of two strands, horizontal |
#801 (p.145) |
| Matthew Walker, tied by the diamond method |
#730 (p.130) |
| Mauretania Knot |
#544 (p.89) |
| Melon Seed |
#937 (p.174) |
| Mesh Knot |
#402 (p.64), #3791 (p.586) |
| Mess bucket and fire bucket bails |
#3668 (p.575) |
| Mess kid pendant |
#3765 (p.583) |
| Mess table pendant |
#3766 (p.583) |
| Method of boating anchors |
#3325 (p.538) |
| Middle seizing |
#3355 (p.541) |
| Middle seizing |
#3374 (p.541) |
| Midshipman's Hitch |
#62 (p.15), #1728 (p.296), #1729 (p.296), #1799 (p.304), #1855 (p.310), #1993 (p.325) |
| Midshipman's Hitch, second turn jammed |
#1730 (p.296) |
| Midshipman's Hitch, seized |
#1027 (p.187) |
| Miller's Knot |
#390 (p.62), #1241 (p.224), #1242 (p.224), #1244 (p.224) |
| Miller's Knot (1)² |
→ see Bag Knot #388 |
| Miller's Knot (2)² |
→ see Sack Knot #389 |
| Miller's Knot (2)² |
→ see Sack Knot #1243 |
| Mohair Knot |
#502 (p.81) |
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ABOK index – Part 46 of 59 (alphabetical M–N)
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ABOK index – Part 47 of 59 (alphabetical O)
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| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Oblong Cross-Section, Crown-and-Reverse Sinnet |
#2918 (p.480) |
| Oblong Knot |
#630 (p.109) |
| Oblong of ten strands |
#966 (p.177) |
| Ocean Plat |
#823 (p.149), #2243 (p.362) |
| Ocean Plat enlarged |
#2245 (p.363) |
| Octagon |
#2590 (p.418) |
| Octagonal Knot |
#954 (p.176) |
| Octagonal Knot (Eight-Strand) |
#954 (p.176) |
| Old boat gripe |
#3817 (p.588) |
| One Hitch |
#453 (p.74) |
| One hitch |
#1840 (p.309) |
| One-Cord Knot |
#586 (p.97) |
| One-Cord Knot (Butterfly form) |
#586 (p.97) |
| One-Cord Lanyard Knot, crowned both sides |
#2431 (p.389) |
| One-Length Hitch |
#208 (p.40) |
| One-Strand Splice |
#2824 (p.463) |
| One-Strand Splice (Sailmaker's One-Strand Splice) |
#2824 (p.463) |
| Open Carrick Bend |
#1448 (p.264) |
| Open Loop |
#31 (p.13) |
| Openhand Knot |
#1410 (p.258) |
| Opposed Bars |
#2509 (p.402) |
| Ordinary ditty bag |
#3676 (p.576) |
| Ordinary fox |
#3465 (p.550) |
| Ordinary Knot² |
→ see Thumb Knot #515 |
| Ordinary Knot² |
→ see Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot) #1236 |
| Ordinary Knot² |
→ see Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot, Openhand Knot) #1410 |
| Ordinary stopping |
#3378 (p.542) |
| Other Fish Knot² |
→ see Salmon Knot #313 |
| Outside Clinch |
#1131 (p.205), #1844 (p.309), #3408 (p.543) |
| Over and Under |
#2635 (p.427) |
| Over and Under (Sailor's Short Splice) |
#2635 (p.427) |
| Over-and-Under Heaving Line Knot |
#541 (p.89) |
| Over-and-Under Splice, single-strand rope |
#2811 (p.460) |
| Over-One-and-Under-One Wire Eye Splice |
#2805 (p.459) |
| Overhand Bend |
#1236 (p.224), #1410 (p.258), #3789 (p.586) |
| Overhand Bend (closing a net) |
#3789 (p.586) |
| Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot) |
#1236 (p.224) |
| Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot, Openhand Knot) |
#1410 (p.258) |
| Overhand Bend / Ring Knot diagram |
#1556 (p.274) |
| Overhand Bend Slipped² |
→ see Overhand Bend with bights #246 |
| Overhand Bend Tied Left-Handed² |
→ see Overhand Bend, left-handed in left-laid yarn #1557 |
| Overhand Bend with bights |
#246 (p.45) |
| Overhand Bend, left-handed in left-laid yarn |
#1557 (p.274) |
| Overhand Bend, right-handed in left-laid yarn |
#1558 (p.274) |
| Overhand Knot |
#4 (p.11), #46 (p.14), #228 (p.43), #514 (p.84), #519 (p.85), #2280 (p.371), #3382 (p.542) |
| Overhand Knot (basic of series) |
#519 (p.85) |
| Overhand Knot (frog) |
#2280 (p.371) |
| Overhand Knot (honda security) |
#228 (p.43) |
| Overhand Knot (seizing ends) |
#3382 (p.542) |
| Overhand Knot pretzel |
#169 (p.34) |
| Overhand Knot with scissors |
#2591 (p.418) |
| Overhand Knot, lariat trick |
#2538 (p.407) |
| Overhand Knot, one hand |
#2536 (p.407) |
| Overhand Loop |
#1009 (p.186), #1046 (p.190) |
| Overhand Loop² |
→ see Loop Knot #290 |
| Overhand Loop² |
→ see Loop Knot (2) #2069 |
| Overhand Round-Turn Grafting |
#3553 (p.563) |
| Overhand Round-Turn Hitching |
#3510 (p.557) |
| Overhand Round-Turn Hitching (bumper) |
#3510 (p.557) |
| Overhand Round-Turn Pointing |
#3552 (p.562) |
| Owl Knot |
#2472 (p.396) |
| Oysterman's Stopper |
#526 (p.86) |
| Oysterman's Stopper² |
→ see Tweenie #525 |
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P
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Packer's Knot |
#187 (p.37), #408 (p.65) |
| Packing Knot |
#2083 (p.337) |
| Pajama Knot² |
→ see Chinese Button Knot #599 |
| Palm-and-needle whipping, or sailmaker's whipping |
#3446 (p.547) |
| Palm-and-needle whipping, second method |
#3447 (p.547) |
| Parallel Crown Sinnet |
#2934 (p.483) |
| Parallel Crown Sinnet (helical method) |
#2934 (p.483) |
| Parallel Loops from a Constrictor |
#1095 (p.199) |
| Parallel-strand reverse crown |
#2928 (p.481) |
| Parcel Knot |
#1227 (p.222) |
| Parceling |
#3339 (p.539) |
| Parceling, marled |
#3340 (p.539) |
| Pearl Knot |
#383 (p.61) |
| Pectoral Knot attempt |
#2332 (p.375) |
| Pendant block |
#3196 (p.525) |
| Pendant block (c. 1600) |
#3196 (p.525) |
| Pendant block strap |
#3174 (p.523) |
| Pendant Hitch |
#1701 (p.294) |
| Pentagon |
#639 (p.110), #996 (p.182), #1008 (p.184), #2462 (p.394) |
| Pentagon from Overhand Knot |
#2588 (p.418) |
| Pentagon in Two Planes |
#591 (p.99) |
| Pentagon with ten rim bights |
#997 (p.182) |
| Pentagonal Butterfly Button |
#635 (p.109) |
| Pentalpha |
#989 (p.181) |
| Pentalpha from Overhand Knot |
#2589 (p.418) |
| Perry Basket |
#1370 (p.245) |
| Persian Knot² |
→ see Persian or Senna Knot #422 |
| Persian or Senna Knot |
#422 (p.69) |
| Philadelphia Knot²? |
→ see Fire-Escape Knot #264 |
| Picket-Line Hitch |
#154 (p.32), #1676 (p.291) |
| Picket-Line Hitch with The End Slipped² |
→ see Picket-Line Hitch, slipped #1808 |
| Picket-Line Hitch, slipped |
#1808 (p.305) |
| Pigtail on davit tackle hook |
#3575 (p.565) |
| Pile Hitch |
#1194 (p.217), #1815 (p.306) |
| Pile Hitch (as crossing hitch) |
#1194 (p.217) |
| Pillow-Shaped Knot |
#841 (p.154) |
| Pillow-Shaped Rectangular Knot |
#838 (p.152) |
| Pilot ladder |
#3841 (p.591) |
| Pitcher Knot² |
→ see Masthead Knot, second method #1168 |
| Pitcher Knot² |
→ see Jury Mast Knot, third method #1169 |
| Pitcher Knot² |
→ see Masthead Knot (as frog) #2295 |
| Pitcher Knot² |
→ see Masthead or Jury Mast Knot #2563 |
| Plat, Hat or Straw Sinnet |
#2962 (p.488) |
| Poacher's Knot |
#409 (p.65) |
| Pocket-Shaped Knot of four strands |
#772 (p.137) |
| Pointed cable |
#3562 (p.564) |
| Pointing a rope in the early way |
#3557 (p.563) |
| Police-Line Knot |
#1543 (p.273) |
| Pompon |
#3598 (p.568) |
| Porter's Knot |
#413 (p.66) |
| Portuguese Bowline |
#1072 (p.193), #1848 (p.310) |
| Portuguese Bowline (French Bowline) |
#1848 (p.310) |
| Portuguese Bowline Splayed² |
→ see Portuguese Bowline, splayed loops #1073 |
| Portuguese whipping |
#3452 (p.548) |
| Pot Hitch |
#432 (p.70) |
| Precipice Knot |
#391 (p.62) |
| Pretzel Knot |
#168 (p.34) |
| Pretzel Knot of the braid trade |
#2283 (p.371) |
| Preventers" |
#3434 (p.545) |
| Preventers" (leech rope stopper) |
#3434 (p.545) |
| Prolong Knot |
#820 (p.149), #2242 (p.362), #3490 (p.554) |
| Prolong Knot (basket weave mat) |
#3490 (p.554) |
| Prolong Knot (Gunner's or Artillery Knot) |
#820 (p.149) |
| Prolong Knot, first enlargement |
#2244 (p.363) |
| Propeller |
#898 (p.168) |
| Puddening an anchor ring |
#3500 (p.555) |
| Pudding |
#3501 (p.555) |
| Pullman hammock clew |
#3814 (p.588) |
| Pumpkin Seed |
#940 (p.174) |
| Punch mat |
#3494 (p.554) |
| Punch mat (wrought mat) |
#3494 (p.554) |
| Punch or Wrought Mat |
#2963 (p.488) |
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R
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Rabbit in the Hole |
#2571 (p.413) |
| Racked turns |
#3109 (p.517) |
| Racking Bend |
#1462 (p.265) |
| Racking Hitch |
#1892 (p.315) |
| Racking seizings |
#3400 (p.543) |
| Racking turns |
#3120 (p.518), #3362 (p.541) |
| Railroad Sinnet |
#3484 (p.552), #3485 (p.553), #3486 (p.553) |
| Railroad Sinnet (2) (baggy wrinkle) |
#3485 (p.553) |
| Rawhide quirt |
#3723 (p.580) |
| Rectangular Knot |
#588 (p.98), #638 (p.109), #2261 (p.366) |
| Rectangular Knot (button) |
#638 (p.109) |
| Rectangular Knot of four strands |
#858 (p.158) |
| Rectangular Knot, cords at end center |
#2266 (p.367) |
| Rectangular Knot, larger |
#632 (p.109) |
| Rectangular Two-Plane Lanyard Knot |
#592 (p.99) |
| Reef becket |
#3480 (p.552) |
| Reef becket (around yard) |
#3480 (p.552) |
| Reef Becket Eye |
#2857 (p.469) |
| Reef beckets |
#3479 (p.552) |
| Reef earing |
#3436 (p.545) |
| Reef Knot |
#77 (p.18), #1441 (p.263), #1547 (p.274), #1549 (p.274) |
| Reef Knot (as "Single Carrick Bend") |
#1441 (p.263) |
| Reef Knot (Carrick diagram) |
#1549 (p.274) |
| Reef Knot into two Overhand Knots |
#2575 (p.414) |
| Reef Knot or Square Knot |
#1204 (p.220) |
| Reef Knot, untying |
#1205 (p.220) |
| Reef Knot, untying (spilling) |
#1205 (p.220) |
| Reef or Square Knot |
#74 (p.18), #460 (p.75), #1402 (p.258) |
| Reef or Square Knot (as a bend) |
#1402 (p.258) |
| Reef or Square Knot (ligature) |
#460 (p.75) |
| Reef Pendant Hitch |
#1743 (p.298) |
| Reef Tackle Cringles |
#2842 (p.466) |
| Reeving Eye |
#2747 (p.448) |
| Reeving-Line Bend |
#1459 (p.265) |
| Reeving-Line Bend² |
→ see Whatnot #1208 |
| Reeving-Line Bend² |
→ see Whatnot (1) #1406 |
| Reeving-Line Bend² |
→ see Whatnot #2579 |
| Reeving-Off Bend |
#1486 (p.268) |
| Reeving-Off Bend (marrying a rope) |
#1486 (p.268) |
| Regular Knot² |
→ see Reef Knot or Square Knot #1204 |
| Regular snaking |
#3454 (p.548) |
| Removing Bowline on the bight |
#2586 (p.417) |
| Removing Bowline on the bight (puzzle) |
#2586 (p.417) |
| Reverse Crown Sinnet |
#2924 (p.481) |
| Reverse Crown Sinnet (roughly triangular) |
#2924 (p.481) |
| Reverse Hitches |
#1713 (p.295) |
| Reversed Half Hitch |
#1857 (p.310) |
| Reversed Half Hitches |
#57 (p.15), #1786 (p.303) |
| Reversed Parallel Crown Triangle |
#2926 (p.481) |
| Reversed Short Splice |
#2668 (p.433) |
| Rib stitch |
#3547 (p.561) |
| Rib Stitch Hitching |
#3612 (p.570) |
| Rider for a cable |
#3321 (p.537) |
| Riding turns, or riders |
#3364 (p.541) |
| Rigger's Bend² |
→ see Hunter's Bend #1425A |
| Rigger's Eye |
#2736 (p.446) |
| Rigger's Four-Strand Eye |
#2738 (p.446) |
| Rigger's Lashing Eye |
#2759 (p.451) |
| Rigger's Short Splice |
#2648 (p.429) |
| Rigger's stopping |
#3380 (p.542) |
| Rigger's whipping |
#3445 (p.546) |
| Rigging Stopper Eye |
#2782 (p.455) |
| Rigging stopper or fighting stopper |
#3302 (p.535) |
| Right-Angle Side Splice |
#2853 (p.468) |
| Right-Angled Triangular Pectoral Knot |
#843 (p.154) |
| Right-Hand Bowline from Reversed Half Hitches |
#1787 (p.303), #2551 (p.410) |
| Right-Hand Sheet Bend |
#66 (p.16) |
| Rigid Double Splayed Loop |
#1100 (p.200) |
| Ring Hitch² |
→ see Bale or Barrel Sling #2163 |
| Ring Hitch²? |
→ see Banana stalk sling (Bale Sling Hitch) #358 |
| Ring Hitch²? |
→ see Strap Hitch or Bale Sling Hitch #1694 |
| Ring Hitch and Tag Knot |
#1859 (p.311) |
| Ring Hitch doubled |
#1862 (p.311) |
| Ring Hitch on a hook |
#1890 (p.315) |
| Ring Hitches to metal ring |
#1504 (p.270) |
| Ring Hitches to metal ring (hammock clew) |
#1504 (p.270) |
| Ring Knot |
#1412 (p.259) |
| Ring Knot (Water Knot, Gut Knot) |
#1412 (p.259) |
| Ring or Bale Sling Hitch, one hand |
#2540 (p.407) |
| Ring Stopper |
#1768 (p.300) |
| Ring Stopper (Gower) |
#1768 (p.300) |
| Ring Stopper for wire hawser |
#1769 (p.300) |
| Ring Stopper for wire hawser (Knight) |
#1769 (p.300) |
| Ringbolt hitched harpoon mounting |
#3619 (p.571) |
| Ringbolt Hitching |
#3602 (p.569), #3605 (p.569) |
| Ringbolt Hitching (three-strand) |
#3605 (p.569) |
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R (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Ringbolt Hitching on toggle iron |
#3621 (p.571) |
| Roband |
#3468 (p.550) |
| Roband Hitch |
#1270 (p.226), #2000 (p.326) |
| Roband Hitch, early |
#1268 (p.226) |
| Roband Hitch, early (c. 1805) |
#1268 (p.226) |
| Robands |
#3474 (p.551) |
| Rolling Hitch |
#1190 (p.216), #1465 (p.265), #1681 (p.292), #1734 (p.298), #1735 (p.298) |
| Rolling Hitch² |
→ see Adjustable Bend #1472 |
| Rolling Hitch (1) (Magnus, Magner's Hitch) |
#1734 (p.298) |
| Rolling Hitch (Magnus Hitch) |
#1190 (p.216), #1681 (p.292) |
| Rolling Hitch (Magnus Hitch, Magner's Hitch) |
#1465 (p.265) |
| Rolling Hitch (original)¹ |
→ see Two Round Turns and Two Half Hitches #1721 |
| Rolling Hitch on a hook |
#1884 (p.314) |
| Rolling Hitch on a ring |
#1856 (p.310) |
| Rolling Hitch on drilling cable |
#503 (p.82) |
| Rolling Hitch with added Half Hitch |
#1737 (p.298) |
| Rolling Hitch, final hitch reversed |
#1466 (p.266) |
| Rolling Hitch, Magnus Hitch, or Magner's Hitch |
#61 (p.15) |
| Rope "Mud Chain"² |
→ see Rope mud chain for a wheel #2027 |
| Rope Yarn Bend in three-strand stuff |
#1483 (p.268) |
| Rope Yarn Knot |
#1480 (p.268) |
| Rope Yarn Knot or Marline Bend |
#2688 (p.437), #2689 (p.437) |
| Rope Yarn Knot with an Extra Turn² |
→ see Rope Yarn Knot with extra turn #1481 |
| Rope-strapped blocks |
#3147 (p.521) |
| Rope-Yarn Bend² |
→ see Rope Yarn Bend in three-strand stuff #1483 |
| Roped canvas game bag |
#3679 (p.576) |
| Ropemaker's Eye |
#2764 (p.451) |
| Roping stitches |
#3534 (p.560) |
| Rose Knot |
#709 (p.125), #861 (p.159), #862 (p.159), #866 (p.160) |
| Rose Knot (simplest form) |
#861 (p.159) |
| Rose seizing |
#3424 (p.544) |
| Rose seizing (footrope eye) |
#3424 (p.544) |
| Rose seizing or rose lashing |
#3414 (p.544) |
| Rose seizing, or rose lashing |
#3413 (p.544) |
| Rosette |
#1213 (p.220) |
| Rosette (Rosette Knot) |
#1213 (p.220) |
| Rosette Knot |
#1213 (p.220), #2414 (p.386) |
| Rough Pointing |
#3570 (p.565) |
| Round Crown Sinnet with two sets of strands |
#2936 (p.483) |
| Round Crown-and-Reverse Sinnet |
#2938 (p.483) |
| Round Eye |
#2776 (p.454) |
| Round Flat Knot |
#994 (p.181) |
| Round Flat Knot, truncated cone |
#999 (p.182) |
| Round or Six-Sided Sinnet |
#3032 (p.500) |
| Round seam |
#3539 (p.560), #3540 (p.560) |
| Round seaming |
#3533 (p.560) |
| Round seizing |
#3374 (p.541), #3388 (p.542), #3394 (p.542) |
| Round seizing (middle seizing) |
#3374 (p.541) |
| Round Sinnet |
#2949 (p.484), #3021 (p.498), #3025 (p.499) |
| Round Sinnet ("skip-strand" method) |
#3025 (p.499) |
| Round Sinnet (figure-eight diagram) |
#2949 (p.484) |
| Round Sinnet in a two-cord lanyard |
#794½ (p.144) |
| Round Sinnet Turk's-Head |
#1382 (p.248) |
| Round Turn² |
→ see Initial round turn on a pin #1612 |
| Round Turn and Bowline² |
→ see Bowline Knot to a ring #1846 |
| Round Turn and Buntline Hitch |
#1838 (p.309) |
| Round Turn and Half Hitch |
#1834 (p.309) |
| Round Turn and Half Hitch seized |
#1718 (p.295) |
| Round Turn and Reversed Hitches |
#1837 (p.309) |
| Round Turn and Slipped Half Hitch |
#1785 (p.303) |
| Round Turn and Two Half Hitches |
#1720 (p.296), #1784 (p.303), #1835 (p.309) |
| Round Turn and Two Half Hitches on a hook |
#1883 (p.314) |
| Round Turn and Two Half Hitches to becket |
#1910 (p.316) |
| Round Turn Bowline² |
→ see Double (Round Turn) Bowline #1013 |
| Round Turn Seized and Half Hitches² |
→ see Round Turn and Half Hitch seized #1718 |
| Round turn snaking |
#3455 (p.548) |
| Round turns |
#3361 (p.541) |
| Round Twist Sinnet |
#2952 (p.485), #2953 (p.485) |
| Round Twist Sinnet (four-strand) |
#2952 (p.485) |
| Round Twist Sinnet (six-strand) |
#2953 (p.485) |
| Round-turn lashing |
#3304 (p.535) |
| Round-turn stitch |
#3542 (p.561) |
| Rounding |
#3350 (p.540) |
| Runner |
#3209 (p.526) |
| Runner and tackle |
#3244 (p.529) |
| Runner tackle |
#3243 (p.529) |
| Running Bowline |
#2071 (p.336) |
| Running Bowline Knot |
#1117 (p.204) |
| Running Eye |
#1699 (p.294), #2731 (p.445) |
| Running Turk's-Head |
#3812 (p.587) |
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S
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Sack Knot |
#389 (p.62), #1243 (p.224) |
| Sack Knot² |
→ see Miller's Knot (2) #1242 |
| Saddlecloth-Shaped Button |
#923 (p.173) |
| Safety-Belt Hitch |
#452 (p.74) |
| Sail tackle |
#3226 (p.527) |
| Sailmaker's Eye Splice |
#2754 (p.450), #2755 (p.450), #2756 (p.450), #2757 (p.450) |
| Sailmaker's Long Splice |
#2697 (p.439) |
| Sailmaker's One-Strand Splice |
#2824 (p.463) |
| Sailmaker's Quick or Chain Lightning Splice |
#2702 (p.439) |
| Sailmaker's Splice |
#2656 (p.431) |
| Sailmaker's Splice (Taper or Sweet Potato Splice) |
#2656 (p.431) |
| Sailmaker's taper point, or rattail |
#3569 (p.565) |
| Sailor's Backhanded Long Splice |
#2696 (p.438) |
| Sailor's Backhanded Short Splice |
#2649 (p.429) |
| Sailor's Cross |
#2419 (p.387) |
| Sailor's Cross (Southern Cross) |
#2419 (p.387) |
| Sailor's Eye Splice |
#2725 (p.445) |
| Sailor's Eye Splice, two and a half tucks |
#2726 (p.445) |
| Sailor's Four-Strand Eye Splice |
#2737 (p.446) |
| Sailor's hammock |
#3820 (p.588) |
| Sailor's Knife Lanyard Knot |
#787 (p.141) |
| Sailor's Knot |
#1439 (p.263) |
| Sailor's Knot² |
→ see Carrick Bend (Flat Lanyard series) #817 |
| Sailor's Knot² |
→ see Carrick Loop #1033 |
| Sailor's Knot² |
→ see Carrick Bend or Full Carrick Bend (Josephine Knot) #1428 |
| Sailor's Knot² |
→ see Josephine Knot #1502 |
| Sailor's Knot² |
→ see Carrick Bend (Carrick diagram) #1551 |
| Sailor's Round Knife Lanyard Knot |
#2474 (p.397) |
| Sailor's Round Knife Lanyard Knot (Two-Cord Diamond Knot) |
#2474 (p.397) |
| Sailor's Short Splice |
#2635 (p.427) |
| Sailor's Short Splice, first strand |
#2634 (p.426) |
| Sailor's stitch |
#3536 (p.560) |
| Sailor's stitch ("baseball stitch") |
#3536 (p.560) |
| Sailor's whipping |
#3443 (p.546) |
| Sallie tucks |
#3487 (p.553) |
| Sallie tucks ("sallies") |
#3487 (p.553) |
| Sallies, Sally Tufts, Sallie Tufting |
#174 (p.34) |
| Salmon Knot |
#313 (p.52) |
| Salvagee or Selvagee Strap Eyes |
#2787 (p.456) |
| Sampan Hitch |
#1866 (p.312) |
| Sash Cord Eye |
#2794 (p.457) |
| Sash Cord Hitch |
#203 (p.39) |
| Sash Weight Knot |
#199 (p.39) |
| Satchel or suitcase handle |
#3656 (p.574) |
| Satchel or suitcase handle (cringle) |
#3656 (p.574) |
| Scaffold Knot |
#1120 (p.204) |
| Scotchmen |
#3518 (p.558) |
| Scout Coil |
#427 (p.70) |
| Sea gasket |
#3469 (p.550) |
| Second Japanese lanyard |
#2518 (p.403) |
| Seesaw Knot |
#2504 (p.401) |
| Seized clew |
#3815 (p.588) |
| Seized drawnwork fringe |
#3772 (p.584) |
| Seized Full Carrick Bend |
#1446 (p.264) |
| Seized Half Hitch |
#1780 (p.303) |
| Seized Shortening |
#1151 (p.210) |
| Seizing |
#3372 (p.541) |
| Seizing Hitch |
#3390 (p.542) |
| Seizing in a square-sail reef point |
#3527 (p.559) |
| Seizing Knot |
#3392 (p.542) |
| Seizing Knot (Öhrvall) |
#3392 (p.542) |
| Seizing of small stuff |
#3384 (p.542) |
| Seizing trucks or fair-leaders |
#3421 (p.544) |
| Selvagee block strap |
#3149 (p.521) |
| Serving board |
#3347 (p.540) |
| Serving mallet |
#3344 (p.540) |
| Serving stick |
#3346 (p.540) |
| Seven-Bight Knot |
#998 (p.182) |
| Seven-Petal Knot |
#2440 (p.390) |
| Seven-Strand Doubled-Edge Flat Sinnet |
#2995 (p.492) |
| Seven-Strand Knot |
#950 (p.175) |
| Seven-Strand Quarter-Round Knot |
#951 (p.175) |
| Seven-Strand Square Sinnet |
#3014 (p.496) |
| Sewing punch or sword mats together |
#3521 (p.558) |
| Sewing punch or sword mats together (cobbler's stitch) |
#3521 (p.558) |
| Shamrock Knot |
#2436 (p.390) |
| Sheepshank |
#6 (p.11) |
| Sheepshank² |
→ see Sheepshank Knot #1152 |
| Sheepshank² |
→ see Sheepshank Knot, trick method #2566 |
| Sheepshank based on Tom Fool's Knot |
#1156 (p.210) |
| Sheepshank from a Handcuff Knot |
#1157 (p.210) |
| Sheepshank from four hitches |
#2298 (p.372) |
| Sheepshank Knot |
#1152 (p.210), #2432 (p.389) |
| Sheepshank Knot² |
→ see Sheepshank #6 |
| Sheepshank Knot² |
→ see Sheepshank, light-rope method #1153 |
| Sheepshank Knot from three hitches |
#2297 (p.372) |
| Sheepshank Knot with Half Hitches |
#1088 (p.197) |
| Sheepshank Knot, trick method |
#2566 (p.412) |
| Sheepshank with a Sword Knot |
#1163 (p.211) |
| Sheepshank with an Overhand Knot |
#2568 (p.413) |
| Sheepshank with an Overhand Knot (Sword Knot) |
#2568 (p.413) |
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S (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Sheepshank with Marlingspike Hitches |
#1155 (p.210) |
| Sheet Bend |
#1 (p.9), #72 (p.18), #78 (p.18), #1223 (p.222), #1431 (p.262), #1440 (p.263), #1497 (p.270), #1550 (p.274) |
| Sheet Bend (Carrick diagram) |
#1550 (p.274) |
| Sheet Bend in stiff material |
#1433 (p.262) |
| Sheet Bend Slipped² |
→ see Slipped Sheet Bend #1437 |
| Sheet Bend to a short end |
#2562 (p.412) |
| Sheet Bend Toggled² |
→ see Toggled Sheet Bend #1522 |
| Sheet block pendant |
#3176 (p.523) |
| Sheet Knot |
#263 (p.47), #1403 (p.258) |
| Ship Modelmaker's Splice |
#2685 (p.436) |
| Ship's bell rope |
#3425 (p.544) |
| Ship's paper case |
#3672 (p.575) |
| Shiver Hitch |
#1529 (p.272), #1772 (p.300) |
| Shiver Hitch (Lever) |
#1772 (p.300) |
| Shoe block |
#3192 (p.524) |
| Shoe block, double strapped |
#3191 (p.524) |
| Shoe Clerk's Knot |
#1215 (p.220) |
| Shoe Clerk's Knot² |
→ see Bowknot or Double Bowknot #1212 |
| Shoe Clerk's Knot² |
→ see Bowknot (shoestring) #1214 |
| Shoe Clerk's Knot² |
→ see Bowknot #2411 |
| Shoestring or Parcel Knot |
#1220 (p.221), #1221 (p.221) |
| Short Backhanded Wire Splice |
#2716 (p.443) |
| Short End Bend |
#1473 (p.266), #2005 (p.327) |
| Short End Bend² |
→ see Bowline #1010 |
| Short Hawser Pointing, with an eye |
#3550 (p.562) |
| Short Running Eye² |
→ see Two rubber bands doubled #1257 |
| Short Splice opened and flattened |
#2636 (p.427) |
| Short Splice, wire |
#2717 (p.443) |
| Short Splice, wire (Admiral Knight) |
#2717 (p.443) |
| Shot, treasure or cabbage net |
#3792 (p.586) |
| Shroud cap |
#3572 (p.565) |
| Shroud cleat |
#3420 (p.544) |
| Shroud Knot |
#1565 (p.276) |
| Shroud Knot ("Common," "Double" or "English") |
#1565 (p.276) |
| Shroud Knot based on the Diamond Knot |
#1583 (p.280) |
| Shroud Knot based on Whitney's Sinnet Knot |
#1580 (p.279) |
| Shroud Knot resembling Double Wall Knot |
#1575 (p.278) |
| Shroud Knot resembling Stopper Knot |
#1576 (p.278) |
| Shroud Knot with all ends one direction |
#1591 (p.281) |
| Shroud Splice |
#2644 (p.428) |
| Side Splice |
#2826 (p.464), #2827 (p.464), #2828 (p.464), #2829 (p.464), #2830 (p.464), #2831 (p.464) |
| Simple Hitch² |
→ see Single Hitch #49 |
| Simple Knot² |
→ see Thumb Knot #515 |
| Simple Knot² |
→ see Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot) #1236 |
| Simple Knot² |
→ see Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot, Openhand Knot) #1410 |
| Simple Noose |
#1114 (p.204) |
| Single Beaded Bars and fringe |
#2517 (p.403) |
| Single Bowknot² |
→ see Half Bowknot or Drawknot #512 |
| Single Bowline on the bight |
#1057 (p.191), #1058 (p.191) |
| Single Bowline on the bight (Esparteiro) |
#1057 (p.191) |
| Single Bowstring² |
→ see Half or Single Bowknot (Drawknot) #1211 |
| Single Carrick Bend |
#1440 (p.263), #1443 (p.263) |
| Single Carrick Bend² |
→ see Sheet Bend #1431 |
| Single Carrick Bend (Brady, Luce, Alston) |
#1443 (p.263) |
| Single Carrick Bend (Sheet Bend) |
#1440 (p.263) |
| Single Carrick Bend, another |
#1444 (p.263) |
| Single Carrick Bend, the worst |
#1445 (p.263) |
| Single Cat's-Paw |
#1888 (p.315) |
| Single crossing turns |
#3411 (p.543) |
| Single Crown and Diamond Knot |
#708 (p.125) |
| Single Crown and Double Wall |
#699 (p.123), #700 (p.123), #701 (p.123), #763 (p.136) |
| Single Diamond Hitch |
#417 (p.68) |
| Single Diamond Shroud Knot |
#1585 (p.280) |
| Single Genoese Bar |
#2500 (p.401) |
| Single Half Hitch² |
→ see Lineman's eye with Single Half Hitch #240 |
| Single Harness Bend² |
→ see Drawing Bend, Harness Bend or Parcel Bend #1474 |
| Single Harness Loop² |
→ see Artillery Loop #153 |
| Single Hitch |
#49 (p.15) |
| Single Hitch on netting needle |
#1602 (p.284) |
| Single Hitch over top of post |
#1600 (p.284) |
| Single Hitch to a knob |
#2019 (p.328) |
| Single Hitch to a post top |
#1812 (p.305) |
| Single Hitch to a stud |
#1598 (p.284), #1966 (p.321) |
| Single Hitch to crotch of a tree |
#1596 (p.284) |
| Single Hitch with doubled part on peg |
#1605 (p.284) |
| Single Hook Hitch |
#1886 (p.314) |
| Single Knot |
#1202 (p.220) |
| Single Knot² |
→ see Thumb Knot #515 |
| Single Knot²? |
→ see Half Knot #47 |
| Single Knot²? |
→ see Half Knot (as crossing knot) #1183 |
| Single Knot²? |
→ see Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot) #1236 |
| Single Knot²? |
→ see Overhand Bend (Thumb Knot, Openhand Knot) #1410 |
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S (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Single or simple clinch |
#3404 (p.543) |
| Single or simple clinch (pigtail, monkey's tail) |
#3404 (p.543) |
| Single Pass Hitch |
#1731 (p.296) |
| Single purchase |
#3210 (p.526) |
| Single reef points |
#3476 (p.551) |
| Single Ring Stopper |
#1766 (p.300) |
| Single roband |
#3475 (p.551) |
| Single Shroud Knot (4)² |
→ see French Shroud Knot (4) #1571 |
| Single Stopper |
#1464 (p.265) |
| Single strap with lashing eyes |
#3162 (p.522) |
| Single tail block |
#3483 (p.552) |
| Single Tatted Bar |
#2497 (p.401) |
| Single Tatted Chain |
#2504 (p.401) |
| Single Tatted Chain (Seesaw Knot) |
#2504 (p.401) |
| Single turn and Single Hitch |
#1595 (p.284) |
| Single Wall² |
→ see Stopper Knot #674 |
| Single Wall and Crown |
#845 (p.156) |
| Single whip |
#3208 (p.526) |
| Single-Cord Lanyard Knot |
#2428 (p.388) |
| Single-hitched Clove Hitch |
#1739 (p.298) |
| Single-Strand French Sinnet Hitching |
#3614 (p.570) |
| Single-Strand Ringbolt Hitching |
#3613 (p.570) |
| Single-strapped block |
#3159 (p.522) |
| Single-Tuck Splice |
#2683 (p.435) |
| Sinnet Cringle |
#2849 (p.467) |
| Sinnet earings |
#3482 (p.552) |
| Sinnet fender |
#3512 (p.557) |
| Sinnet Knot |
#761 (p.135) |
| Sinnet Knot (another) |
#761 (p.135) |
| Sinnet Knot loop |
#1067 (p.192) |
| Sinnet Rope Splice |
#2675 (p.434) |
| Sinnet whipping |
#3460 (p.548) |
| Sister blocks |
#3187 (p.524) |
| Sister hooks |
#3271 (p.533) |
| Sister Loops |
#1079 (p.194) |
| Sister worming |
#3338 (p.539) |
| Sister worming (backing, side worming) |
#3338 (p.539) |
| Six-Strand Coachwhipping |
#3016 (p.496) |
| Six-Strand Duplex Sinnet |
#2989 (p.491) |
| Six-Strand Ellipse |
#3008 (p.495) |
| Six-Strand French Sinnet |
#2977 (p.490) |
| Six-Strand Round Sinnet |
#3011 (p.495) |
| Six-Strand Round Sinnet (Square Sinnet method) |
#3011 (p.495) |
| Skip-Strand" Sinnet |
#3026 (p.499) |
| Skip-Strand" Sinnet (three skipped) |
#3026 (p.499) |
| Skip-Strand" Sinnet, short and long diagonals |
#3027 (p.499) |
| Slack Line Hitch |
#1746 (p.298) |
| Slack-Line Bend |
#1468 (p.266) |
| Slath Knot² |
→ see Slath or Slarth Knot #171 |
| Slath or Slarth Knot |
#171 (p.34) |
| Sling or Strap Toggle |
#1494 (p.269) |
| Slingstone Hitch |
#272 (p.48), #1697 (p.294) |
| Slingstone Hitch² |
→ see Killeg Hitch (artist's easel) #156 |
| Slingstone Hitch² |
→ see Killeg Hitch #271 |
| Slip Knot |
#44 (p.14), #529 (p.87) |
| Slip Noose |
#45 (p.14), #1115 (p.204) |
| Slip Noose² |
→ see Halter Hitch #243 |
| Slip Noose² |
→ see Halter Hitch #1804 |
| Slip Noose² |
→ see Halter Hitch #1826 |
| Slip Noose Hitch |
#1715 (p.295) |
| Slip Tackle Knot |
#219 (p.41) |
| Slipknot² |
→ see Slipknot for passing a lizard #1830 |
| Slipknot for passing a lizard |
#1830 (p.308) |
| Slipped and Toggled Becket Hitch |
#1915 (p.316) |
| Slipped Buntline Hitch |
#397 (p.63), #1712 (p.295), #1807 (p.305) |
| Slipped Figure-Eight Knot |
#530 (p.87) |
| Slipped Half Hitch |
#52 (p.15), #394 (p.63), #1664 (p.290), #1708 (p.295), #1822 (p.308) |
| Slipped Half Hitch, end tucked |
#1823 (p.308) |
| Slipped Hitch to a boat thwart |
#2001 (p.326) |
| Slipped Ichabod² |
→ see Manger Hitch #242 |
| Slipped Ichabod² |
→ see Manger Hitch #1828 |
| Slipped Loop |
#1020 (p.187) |
| Slipped Reef Knot² |
→ see Half Bowknot or Drawknot #512 |
| Slipped Reef Knot² |
→ see Half or Single Bowknot (Drawknot) #1211 |
| Slipped Sheet Bend |
#1437 (p.262) |
| Slipped Turn² |
→ see Slipped turn on a cleat #1623 |
| Slippering Hitch |
#1619 (p.286) |
| Slippery Hitch |
#51 (p.15), #82 (p.19), #1619 (p.286), #2535 (p.406) |
| Slippery Hitch² |
→ see Slippery Pin Hitch #1620 |
| Slippery Hitch (precipice puzzle) |
#2535 (p.406) |
| Slippery Hitch (Slippering Hitch) |
#1619 (p.286) |
| Slippery Hitch applied to a cleat |
#1621 (p.286) |
| Slippery Hitch to a thumb cleat |
#1622 (p.286) |
| Slippery Hitch to tall wharf |
#1811 (p.305) |
| Slippery Pin Hitch |
#1620 (p.286) |
| Slippery Pin Hitch² |
→ see Slippery Hitch #51 |
| Slippery Pin Hitch² |
→ see Slippery Hitch #82 |
| Slippery Pin Hitch² |
→ see Slippery Hitch (Slippering Hitch) #1619 |
| Small grommets |
#3523 (p.558) |
| Small seizings |
#3395 (p.542) |
| Smeaton's blocks |
#3259 (p.532) |
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S (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Smeaton's blocks (tenfold purchase) |
#3259 (p.532) |
| Snakehead or Telescope Splice |
#2687 (p.437) |
| Snaking |
#3453 (p.548) |
| Snaking down the rigging |
#3122 (p.518) |
| Snare |
#2593 (p.419), #2594 (p.419) |
| Snare Ashley Knot² |
→ see Snare knot, draws up smoothly #1118 |
| Snell Loop² |
→ see Snell Loop as Ring Hitch to leader #333 |
| Solid sinnet |
#3042 (p.502) |
| Solomon Bar |
#2496 (p.400) |
| Solomon Bars |
#2528 (p.404) |
| Solomon Knot |
#2495 (p.400) |
| Span blocks |
#3175 (p.523) |
| Span Loop |
#1049 (p.190) |
| Spanish Bowline |
#1087 (p.197), #2564 (p.412) |
| Spanish Bowline (trick) |
#2564 (p.412) |
| Spanish Bowline Double Noose |
#1137 (p.206) |
| Spanish Bowline Improved² |
→ see Double loop from a Clove Hitch #1092 |
| Spanish Bowline Knot for rescue |
#265 (p.47) |
| Spanish burton, single burton, or dory tackle |
#3233 (p.527) |
| Spanish fox |
#3464 (p.550) |
| Spanish hammock clew |
#3818 (p.588) |
| Spanish Hawser Bend |
#1447 (p.264) |
| Spanish Pointing |
#2813 (p.462) |
| Spar Hitch |
#1187 (p.216) |
| Spar Hitch (as crossing knot) |
#1187 (p.216) |
| Spilling a Reef or Square Knot |
#2577 (p.415) |
| Spindle Eye for jib stay |
#2797 (p.457) |
| Spindle, Artificial or Made Eye |
#2796 (p.457) |
| Spliced Eye served with wire |
#233 (p.43) |
| Spool Sinnet, one cord less than pegs |
#2884 (p.475) |
| Spool Sinnet, one cord more than pegs |
#2886 (p.475) |
| Sport |
#1006 (p.184) |
| Sport (four-strand) |
#1006 (p.184) |
| Spritsail Sheet Knot |
#887 (p.166), #1520 (p.271) |
| Spritsail Sheet Knot (messenger strap) |
#1520 (p.271) |
| Spun yarn |
#3463 (p.550) |
| Spyglass |
#3722 (p.580) |
| Square Button |
#992 (p.181) |
| Square Knot |
#626 (p.108), #627 (p.108), #956 (p.176), #1007 (p.184), #2449 (p.392), #2495 (p.400) |
| Square Knot (basic Butterfly) |
#2449 (p.392) |
| Square Knot (button) |
#626 (p.108) |
| Square Knot (button), like #625 |
#627 (p.108) |
| Square Knot (on Chinese Butterfly) |
#1007 (p.184) |
| Square Knot (Solomon Knot) |
#2495 (p.400) |
| Square Knot capsized into Reversed Half Hitches |
#2552 (p.410) |
| Square Knot for shoestrings |
#1218 (p.221) |
| Square Knot in the bight |
#2580 (p.415) |
| Square Knot with a diagonal lead in crown |
#955 (p.176) |
| Square Knot with a diagonal weave |
#924 (p.173), #995 (p.181) |
| Square Leaf Form |
#2336 (p.375) |
| Square Loop Sinnet |
#2878 (p.474) |
| Square Loop Sinnet Lanyard Knot |
#598 (p.100) |
| Square or Circular Knot |
#2463 (p.394) |
| Square or Reef Knot |
#3379 (p.542) |
| Square or Reef Knot (stopping) |
#3379 (p.542) |
| Square Parallel-Strand Reverse Crown Sinnet |
#2927 (p.481) |
| Square Shoestring Knot |
#1217 (p.221) |
| Square Sinnet coachwhipping, 12 and 16 strands |
#1301 (p.232) |
| Square Sinnet of four pegs, round turns |
#2889 (p.475) |
| Square Sinnet of four strands |
#2999 (p.493) |
| Square Sinnet of twelve strands |
#3061 (p.506) |
| Square Sinnet of twelve strands (core) |
#3061 (p.506) |
| Square Sinnet with eight groups |
#3033 (p.500) |
| Square Sinnet with four groups |
#3031 (p.500) |
| Square Sinnet, three strands per corner |
#3034 (p.500) |
| Square Turk's-Head |
#1319 (p.235) |
| Square Turk's-Head on a pinned cylinder |
#1324 (p.235) |
| Stake Hitch |
#1802 (p.305) |
| Stake Hitch related to Timber Hitch |
#1790 (p.304) |
| Standing Bowline |
#1011 (p.186) |
| Standing Bowline² |
→ see Bowline #1010 |
| Standing Turk's-Head |
#1282 (p.228) |
| Standing Turk's-Head, four-strand core |
#1280 (p.228) |
| Standing Turk's-Head, three-legged core |
#1278 (p.228) |
| Star |
#727 (p.130) |
| Star Knot |
#881 (p.163) |
| Star Knot Turk's-Head |
#1396 (p.254) |
| Star Knot with a single rim |
#886 (p.164) |
| Star Shroud Knot |
#1582 (p.279) |
| Star variation |
#884 (p.164) |
| Stationer's Knot |
#448 (p.73), #1222 (p.222) |
| Steamboat Hitch |
#1778 (p.302), #2543 (p.408) |
| Steamboat Hitch ("Circus method") |
#1778 (p.302) |
| Steel Wire Cargo Slings |
#2194 (p.352) |
| Steel's Crown and Wall |
#854 (p.157) |
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S (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Steel's Tack Knot |
#856 (p.158) |
| Steel's Tack Knot (triple crown, double wall) |
#856 (p.158) |
| Steeple Sling |
#449 (p.73) |
| Steeple Sling with chair |
#450 (p.73) |
| Steeple Sling, ends tied |
#451 (p.73) |
| Steeplejack's Hitch |
#1745 (p.298) |
| Stevedore Knot |
#456 (p.74), #522 (p.85) |
| Stock |
#2410 (p.385) |
| Stopped or Seized Half Hitch |
#1026 (p.187) |
| Stopped Sheepshank² |
→ see Common Sheepshank, stopped #1158 |
| Stopper Knot |
#18 (p.12), #21 (p.12), #674 (p.117) |
| Stopper Knot, crowned |
#864 (p.159) |
| Stopping |
#3426 (p.544), #3439 (p.546) |
| Stopping (bell rope) |
#3426 (p.544) |
| Strangle Knot |
#1239 (p.224), #3440 (p.546) |
| Strangle Knot (stopping) |
#3440 (p.546) |
| Strangle Knot with additional turns |
#1240 (p.224) |
| Strap and Becket Hitch |
#1698 (p.294) |
| Strap and Button becket |
#679 (p.118) |
| Strap Bend |
#1492 (p.269) |
| Strap for a boatswain's chair |
#3829 (p.590) |
| Strap Hitch |
#1705 (p.294) |
| Strap Hitch² |
→ see Bale Sling Hitch, Ring Hitch, or Tag Knot #59 |
| Strap Hitch² |
→ see Banana stalk sling (Bale Sling Hitch) #358 |
| Strap Hitch² |
→ see Bale or Barrel Sling #2163 |
| Strap Hitch (slit leather) |
#1705 (p.294) |
| Strap Hitch or Bale Sling Hitch |
#1694 (p.294) |
| Strap Hitch to a ring |
#1872 (p.312) |
| Strap Knot |
#1489 (p.269), #1491 (p.269) |
| Strap Knot (repairing harness) |
#1489 (p.269) |
| Strap Knot (slit ends) |
#1491 (p.269) |
| Strap Loop |
#1028 (p.187) |
| Strap or Bale Sling Hitch to mast |
#1759 (p.299) |
| Strap with a Long Eye |
#3185 (p.524) |
| Strap-bound block |
#3179 (p.523) |
| String Tie |
#2402 (p.384) |
| Studding-Sail Bend |
#1678 (p.291) |
| Studding-Sail Halyard Strap |
#1702 (p.294) |
| Studdingsail Halyard Bend |
#25 (p.12) |
| Stunner Hitch |
#1878 (p.314) |
| Sunflower |
#900 (p.168) |
| Surgeon's Knot |
#1209 (p.220) |
| Surgeon's Knot² |
→ see Ligature Knot #461 |
| Surgeon's Knot, aseptic method |
#463 (p.75) |
| Swab Hitch |
#1901 (p.316) |
| Swig blocks |
#3172 (p.523) |
| Swivel Hitch |
#302 (p.51), #303 (p.51) |
| Sword Knot |
#2568 (p.413) |
| Sword mat ring clew |
#3819 (p.588) |
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T
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| T Chain Hitching² |
→ see T chain hitching post #1940 |
| Tack Knot |
#846 (p.156), #854 (p.157) |
| Tack Knot² |
→ see Manrope Knot #511 |
| Tack Knot #846 tied on the table |
#908 (p.171) |
| Tack Knot (Doubled Wall and Crown) |
#846 (p.156) |
| Tack Knot (Steel's Crown and Wall) |
#854 (p.157) |
| Tag Knot² |
→ see Double Ring (Tag) Knot #1126 |
| Tag Knot or Ring Hitch |
#310 (p.51) |
| Tail block |
#3150 (p.521) |
| Tail Splice |
#2721 (p.444) |
| Tail Splice, somewhat earlier |
#2723 (p.444) |
| Take-Up Hitch² |
→ see Wet Weather Hitch #1796 |
| tape knot² |
→ see Grass Knot #259 |
| Taper or Sweet Potato Splice |
#2656 (p.431) |
| Tapered Cable Short Splice |
#2673 (p.433) |
| Tapered Sailmaker's Long Splice |
#2698 (p.439) |
| Tassel" Shroud Knot |
#1590 (p.281) |
| Tatting Knot |
#2490 (p.400) |
| Teamster's Hitch |
#1868 (p.312) |
| Temporary Bend |
#1458 (p.265) |
| Ten-legged clothesbag lanyard |
#3687 (p.576) |
| Ten-Strand Doubled-Edge Flat Sinnet |
#2997 (p.492) |
| Ten-Strand Ellipse |
#3010 (p.495) |
| Ten-Strand Twill Sinnet |
#2991 (p.491), #2992 (p.492) |
| Ten-Strand Twill Sinnet (variant) |
#2992 (p.492) |
| Tennis-ball bag |
#3812 (p.587) |
| Tennis-ball bag (Running Turk's-Head) |
#3812 (p.587) |
| Terminal Decorative Knot² |
→ see Terminal Knot, decorative #554 |
| Terminal Knot with a twilled texture |
#893 (p.167) |
| Terminal Knot, decorative |
#554 (p.91) |
| Tetrahedron |
#963 (p.177) |
| The Cross |
#1397 (p.255) |
| The Cross (Turk's-Head) |
#1397 (p.255) |
| The hitches |
#506 (p.82) |
| The hitches (harpoon) |
#506 (p.82) |
| The Noose |
#8 (p.11), #43 (p.14) |
| The Pirate and the Jolly Boat |
#2620 (p.424) |
| Theodore Knot |
#1110 (p.201), #2569 (p.413) |
| Theodore Knot² |
→ see Cinch, Cincha, Latigo, Bellyband, or Girth Knot #234 |
| Theodore Knot² |
→ see Cinch or Cincha Knot #1528 |
| Theodore Knot² |
→ see Latigo, Cinch or Girth Knot #1871 |
| Theodore Knot (Fiador) |
#2569 (p.413) |
| Thief Knot² |
→ see Bag Knot #388 |
| Thief Knot² |
→ see Thief or Bag Knot (Bread Bag Knot) #1207 |
| Thief Knot² |
→ see Bag Knot (Miller's Knot) #1244 |
| Thief or Bag Knot |
#1207 (p.220) |
| Thief or Bag Knot (Bread Bag Knot) |
#1207 (p.220) |
| Thimble and Eye |
#1132 (p.205) |
| Thimble at right angles with sail |
#3526 (p.559) |
| Thimble Eye |
#2728 (p.445) |
| Thimbles on boltrope |
#3525 (p.559) |
| Threading a loop |
#2570 (p.413) |
| Three Round Turns² |
→ see Three round turns for lowering #1732 |
| Three sets of crowns |
#2939 (p.483) |
| Three- by Four-Strand Short Splice |
#2663 (p.432) |
| Three-Bight Turk's-Head as Lanyard Knot |
#594 (p.100) |
| Three-Bight, Four-Lead Turk's-Head stopper |
#546 (p.90) |
| Three-by-four tackle |
#3221 (p.526) |
| Three-Lead by Five-Bight Knot |
#1306 (p.233) |
| Three-Lead Eight-Bight Turk's-Head Knot |
#2289 (p.371) |
| Three-Lead Five-Bight Turk's-Head Knot |
#2288 (p.371) |
| Three-Lead Five-Bight Turk's-Head Knot (flower) |
#2288 (p.371) |
| Three-Lead Four-Bight Turk's-Head Knot |
#2287 (p.371) |
| Three-Lead Four-Bight Turk's-Head Knot (disk) |
#2287 (p.371) |
| Three-Lead, Eight-Bight Turk's-Head |
#2368 (p.378) |
| Three-Lead, Four-Bight, Three-Ply Turk's-Head |
#2480 (p.397) |
| Three-Lead, Two-Bight Turk's-Head |
#1304 (p.232) |
| Three-Lead, Two-Bight Turk's-Head (from Figure-Eight) |
#1304 (p.232) |
| Three-Lead, Two-Bight Turk's-Head button |
#607 (p.104) |
| Three-Loop |
#2880 (p.474), #2881 (p.474) |
| Three-Loop (Six-Sided) Sinnet |
#2880 (p.474) |
| Three-Loop (Six-Sided) Sinnet, doubled |
#2881 (p.474) |
| Three-Part Crown in the bight |
#1097 (p.199) |
| Three-Petal Knot |
#2438 (p.390) |
| Three-Ply Knot |
#577 (p.96) |
| Three-shiv block |
#3186 (p.524) |
| Three-shiv block (du Clairbois) |
#3186 (p.524) |
| Three-Strand Button Knot |
#911 (p.171) |
| Three-Strand Crown |
#670 (p.116) |
| Three-Strand Flat Sinnet Eyes; Four- and Six-Strand Round Sinnet Eyes |
#2798 (p.458) |
| Three-Strand Jib-Stay Eye |
#2748 (p.448) |
| Three-Strand Matthew Walker Knot |
#510 (p.82) |
| Three-Strand Plat |
#2961 (p.488) |
| Three-Strand Plat (on foundation) |
#2961 (p.488) |
| Three-Strand Side Splice |
#2854 (p.468) |
| Three-Strand to Four-Strand Splice |
#2662 (p.432) |
| Three-Strand Wall |
#671 (p.116) |
| Threefold or triple purchase |
#3218 (p.526) |
| Threefold or triple purchase, right-angle reeving |
#3254 (p.531) |
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T (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Threefold or triple tackle |
#3219 (p.526) |
| Threefold Overhand Knot |
#517 (p.84) |
| Threefold purchase, same plane |
#3262 (p.532) |
| Thrice-Crowned Knot |
#860 (p.159) |
| Throat halyard and jig tackle |
#3245 (p.529) |
| Throat seizing |
#3310 (p.536), #3376 (p.541), #3410 (p.543) |
| Throat seizing (deadeye) |
#3310 (p.536) |
| Thumb Knot |
#426 (p.70), #473 (p.76), #515 (p.84), #1236 (p.224), #1410 (p.258) |
| Thumb Knot (seamstress) |
#426 (p.70) |
| Thumb Knot (tailor) |
#473 (p.76) |
| Timber Hitch |
#195 (p.38), #479 (p.77), #1665 (p.290) |
| Timber Hitch (Lumberman's Knot, Countryman's Knot) |
#1665 (p.290) |
| Timber Hitch (tree surgeon) |
#479 (p.77) |
| Timber Hitch and Half Hitch |
#1733 (p.298) |
| To crown a cable |
#721 (p.127) |
| To crown or scow an anchor |
#3320 (p.537) |
| To scow a grapnel |
#3319 (p.537) |
| To secure a buoy rope |
#3322 (p.537) |
| To seize in a thimble by hand |
#3399 (p.543) |
| To strap a buoy |
#3327 (p.538) |
| Toggle and Eye |
#1922 (p.317) |
| Toggle and Eye (Lever) |
#1922 (p.317) |
| Toggle and loop belt |
#3734 (p.581) |
| Toggle grip becket |
#3651 (p.573) |
| Toggle- or T-Shaped Knot |
#615 (p.106) |
| Toggle-Shaped |
#949 (p.175) |
| Toggle-Shaped Knot |
#616 (p.106), #922 (p.173) |
| Toggle-Shaped Knot of four strands |
#771 (p.137) |
| Toggled Bight |
#1867 (p.312), #1914 (p.316) |
| Toggled Bight for hoisting sail |
#1919 (p.317) |
| Toggled Bight with extra turns |
#1920 (p.317) |
| Toggled Double Sheet Bend |
#1523 (p.272) |
| Toggled Sheet Bend |
#1522 (p.272) |
| Tom Fool |
#1141 (p.208) |
| Tom Fool (Tom Fool's Knot) |
#1141 (p.208) |
| Tom Fool Knot² |
→ see Tom Fool (Tom Fool's Knot) #1141 |
| Tom Fool's Knot |
#1133 (p.206), #1141 (p.208), #2290 (p.371), #2534 (p.406) |
| Tom Fool's Knot (Double Noose) |
#1133 (p.206) |
| Tom Fool's Knot Hitched² |
→ see Hitched Tom Fool's Knot #1089 |
| Tom Fool's Knot, loops rearranged |
#2291 (p.371) |
| Top burton |
#3231 (p.527) |
| Topgallant halyard purchase |
#3228 (p.527) |
| Topsail Halyard Bend |
#26 (p.12), #513 (p.82), #1679 (p.291) |
| Topsail halyard block |
#3173 (p.523) |
| Towrope Hitch |
#1726 (p.296) |
| Transmission Rope Splice |
#2704 (p.440) |
| Transom Knot |
#1182 (p.215), #1255 (p.225), #3372 (p.541) |
| Transom Knot (seizing) |
#3372 (p.541) |
| Transom Knot on kite ribs |
#385 (p.62) |
| Trefoil Knot |
#2281 (p.371) |
| Trefoil Knot (sleeve) |
#2281 (p.371) |
| Trefoil Knot, Four-Lead Three-Bight Turk's-Head |
#2286 (p.371) |
| Trefoil Knot, Two-Lead Three-Bight Turk's-Head |
#2285 (p.371) |
| Triangular Butterfly Knot |
#2458 (p.393) |
| Triangular Button |
#991 (p.181) |
| Triangular Knot |
#624 (p.108), #990 (p.181) |
| Triangular Knot of four strands |
#774 (p.138) |
| Triangular Knot of the Butterfly variety |
#842 (p.154) |
| Triangular Knot, doubled |
#943 (p.175) |
| Triangular Sinnet of fifteen strands |
#3030 (p.500) |
| Triangular Sinnet of nine strands |
#3028 (p.500) |
| Triangular Sinnet of twelve strands |
#3029 (p.500) |
| Triangular Spool Sinnet |
#2902 (p.478) |
| Triangular Spool Sinnet (irregular) |
#2902 (p.478) |
| Triple crown |
#856 (p.158) |
| Triple Sheet Bend² |
→ see Double and Triple Sheet Bends #1461 |
| Truck-tire fender |
#3517 (p.558) |
| Trucker's Hitch² |
→ see Wagon lashing with Loop Knot #2124 |
| True Knot² |
→ see Reef Knot or Square Knot #1204 |
| True Lovers Knot Or Loop² |
→ see Water Knot (Waterman's, Englishman's, Fisherman's) #1414 |
| True-Love Knot² |
→ see English Knot #293 |
| True-Love Knot² |
→ see Englishman's Knot (dropper) #344 |
| True-Love Knot² |
→ see English Knot #496 |
| True-Love Knot² |
→ see True-Lover's Knot #798 |
| True-Love Knot² |
→ see Englishman's Loop (True-Lover's Knot) #1038 |
| True-Love Knot² |
→ see True-Lover's Knot #1143 |
| True-Lover's Knot |
#798 (p.145), #1038 (p.189), #1143 (p.209), #2301 (p.373), #2417 (p.386), #2421 (p.387), #2466 (p.395) |
| True-Lover's Knot² |
→ see English Knot #293 |
| True-Lover's Knot² |
→ see Englishman's Knot (dropper) #344 |
| True-Lover's Knot² |
→ see English Knot #496 |
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T (cont.)
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| True-Lover's Knot² |
→ see True-Lover's or True Love Knot #2418 |
| True-Lover's Knot (parcel ornament) |
#2417 (p.386) |
| True-Lover's Knot in ring form |
#2426 (p.388) |
| True-Lover's Knot into Three-Lead, Four-Bight Grommet |
#2863 (p.470) |
| True-Lover's Knots forming Carrick Bend |
#2520 (p.403) |
| True-Lover's or True Love Knot |
#2418 (p.387) |
| Trumpet Cord Lanyard Cord² |
→ see Trumpet Cord or Double Monkey Chain Lanyard Knot #597 |
| Trumpet Cord or Double Monkey Chain Lanyard Knot |
#597 (p.100) |
| Truncated Pyramid |
#637 (p.109) |
| Tucked Bend |
#1485 (p.268) |
| Tucked Cut Splice |
#2840 (p.466) |
| Tucked Marline Bend |
#2691 (p.437) |
| Tucked Sheet Bend |
#1436 (p.262) |
| Tuft Knot |
#483 (p.77) |
| Tug-of-War Knot |
#2558 (p.411) |
| Turk's-Head |
#1397 (p.255) |
| Turk's-Head Bend |
#1478 (p.267) |
| Turk's-Head fender |
#3513 (p.557) |
| Turk's-Head legs of braided material |
#1279 (p.228) |
| Turk's-Head on large braided rope |
#1281 (p.228) |
| Turk's-Head stopper |
#545 (p.90) |
| Turk's-Head stopper (Four-Bight, Three-Lead) |
#545 (p.90) |
| Turk's-Head, 3 leads 2 bights, tied in hand |
#1303 (p.232) |
| Turk's-Head, 3 leads 4 bights, tied in hand |
#1305 (p.232) |
| Turkish Lanyard Knot |
#796 (p.144) |
| Turtle Knot² |
→ see Turtle, Major Turle's Knot, or Turl Knot #305 |
| Turtle, Major Turle's Knot, or Turl Knot |
#305 (p.51) |
| Tweenie |
#525 (p.86) |
| Tweenie Stopper² |
→ see Tweenie #525 |
| Twelve-Strand Sinnet |
#2939 (p.483) |
| Twelve-Strand Sinnet (three sets of crowns) |
#2939 (p.483) |
| Twelve-Strand Square Sinnet |
#3002 (p.494), #3019 (p.497) |
| Twelve-Strand Square Sinnet (Smith's method) |
#3019 (p.497) |
| Twice crowned |
#710 (p.125) |
| Twist Braid |
#2950 (p.485) |
| Twist Braid (trumpet cord, bugle cord) |
#2950 (p.485) |
| Twist braid on Figure-Eight Knot |
#570 (p.95) |
| Twist braid on Overhand Knot |
#569 (p.95) |
| Twisted or Bannister Bar |
#2494 (p.400) |
| Twisted or Bannister Bars |
#2530 (p.404) |
| Two Bends |
#1454 (p.265) |
| Two Bowlines |
#1455 (p.265) |
| Two Bowlines (Bowline Bend) |
#1455 (p.265) |
| Two Clinches Bend² |
→ see Hawser or Cable Bend (Outside Clinches) #1496 |
| Two Half Hitches |
#54 (p.15), #81 (p.18), #1710 (p.295), #1781 (p.303) |
| Two Half Hitches (capsized Granny) |
#81 (p.18) |
| Two Half Hitches (from Granny) |
#1781 (p.303) |
| Two Half Hitches into Bowline |
#2549 (p.409) |
| Two Half Hitches into Bowline (Left-Hand Bowline) |
#2549 (p.409) |
| Two Half Hitches seized |
#1719 (p.295) |
| Two Half Hitches, seized |
#1782 (p.303) |
| Two Hearts That Beat as One |
#1166 (p.211) |
| Two Parallel Round Loops |
#1084 (p.196) |
| Two Round Turns and Two Half Hitches |
#1721 (p.296), #1836 (p.309) |
| Two Sailors Out on the Yardarms |
#2616 (p.424) |
| Two Single Hitches |
#197 (p.38) |
| Two Slipped Half Hitches² |
→ see Two Half Hitches #54 |
| Two Three-Lead Seven-Bight Turk's-Heads |
#2293 (p.371) |
| Two Three-Lead Seven-Bight Turk's-Heads (frogs) |
#2293 (p.371) |
| Two-Bight Knot from Start "B" |
#1335 (p.237) |
| Two-Bight Turk's-Head Lanyard Knot |
#595 (p.100) |
| Two-Bight, One-Lead Turk's-Head button |
#605 (p.104) |
| Two-Bight, Two-Lead Turk's-Head button |
#606 (p.104) |
| Two-Cord Diamond Knot |
#2474 (p.397) |
| Two-Lead Knot, Narrow Turk's-Head Start "A" |
#1342 (p.239) |
| Two-Plane Basket Weave Knot |
#837 (p.152) |
| Two-Plane Bosun's Knot |
#840 (p.153) |
| Two-Plane Knot |
#587 (p.98) |
| Two-Plane Knot of 136 crossings |
#839 (p.153) |
| Two-Ply Hitching |
#3608 (p.569) |
| Two-shiv block |
#3170 (p.523) |
| Two-Strand Backhanded Splice |
#2681 (p.435) |
| Two-Strand Button Knot, doubled |
#980 (p.179) |
| Two-Strand Button Knot, doubled (cuff link) |
#980 (p.179) |
| Two-Strand Button on a Carrick Bend Crown |
#910 (p.171) |
| Two-Strand Chinese Lanyard² |
→ see Two-Strand Chinese Lanyard Knot #807 |
| Two-Strand Chinese Lanyard Knot |
#807 (p.146) |
| Two-Strand Crown |
#909 (p.171) |
| Two-Strand Diamond Knot |
#781 (p.140) |
| Two-Strand Diamond, lengthened |
#782 (p.140) |
| Two-Strand Eye Splice |
#3387 (p.542) |
| Two-Strand Eye Splice (seizing start) |
#3387 (p.542) |
| Two-Strand Footrope Knot |
#783 (p.141) |
| Two-Strand Knot, longer |
#793 (p.143) |
| Two-Strand Matthew Walker Knot |
#776 (p.140) |
| Two-Strand Matthew Walker Knot bottle sling |
#2006 (p.327) |
T (cont.)
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U
V
W
| Name |
ABOK # (page) |
| Wafer-Shaped Knot |
#655 (p.113) |
| Wall and Crown |
#10 (p.11), #711 (p.125) |
| Wall and Crown Knot |
#672 (p.117) |
| Wall and Crown, Three-Ply |
#712 (p.125) |
| Wall Knot |
#9 (p.11), #671 (p.116), #3381 (p.542) |
| Wall Knot (seizing ends) |
#3381 (p.542) |
| Wall Knot (Three-Strand Wall) |
#671 (p.116) |
| Wall Knot, tied by the diamond method |
#729 (p.130) |
| Wall Knots |
#2478 (p.397) |
| Wall Sinnet |
#2940 (p.484) |
| Walls and silver Turk's-Head on disk |
#2481 (p.397) |
| Watch tackle, handy-billy or tail tackle |
#3229 (p.527) |
| Water Bowline² |
→ see Bowline with second Half Hitch #1012 |
| Water Knot |
#296 (p.50), #343 (p.56), #1412 (p.259), #1414 (p.259) |
| Water Knot²? |
→ see Grass Knot #259 |
| Water Knot²? |
→ see Tag Knot or Ring Hitch #310 |
| Water Knot (dropper) |
#343 (p.56) |
| Water Knot (Waterman's, Englishman's, Fisherman's) |
#1414 (p.259) |
| Water whip |
#3236 (p.528) |
| Waterman² |
→ see Water Knot (Waterman's, Englishman's, Fisherman's) #1414 |
| Waterman's Knot Perfection Loop² |
→ see Angler's Loop #286 |
| Waterman's Knot Perfection Loop² |
→ see Angler's Loop #1017 |
| Waterman's Knot Perfection Loop² |
→ see Angler's Loop (tied in the bight) #1035 |
| Waved or Shell Bar |
#2502 (p.401), #2503 (p.401) |
| Waved or Shell Bar (seven hitches) |
#2503 (p.401) |
| Weaver's Knot |
#2 (p.9), #485 (p.78), #1418 (p.259) |
| Weaver's Knot for banding |
#493 (p.79) |
| Weaver's Knot related to Reef Knot |
#1419 (p.259) |
| Wedding Knot |
#1513 (p.271) |
| Well-Pipe Hitch |
#504 (p.82) |
| West Country whipping |
#3458 (p.548) |
| Wet Weather Hitch |
#1796 (p.304) |
| Wet Weather Hitch² |
→ see Wet Weather or Take-Up Hitch #205 |
| Wet Weather or Take-Up Hitch |
#205 (p.40) |
| Whale Knot² |
→ see Whale or Wale Knot (Single Wall and Crown) #845 |
| Whale or Wale Knot |
#845 (p.156) |
| Whale or Wale Knot (Single Wall and Crown) |
#845 (p.156) |
| Whale ship's cat-o'-nine-tails |
#3720 (p.580) |
| Whaleboat lanyard |
#3300 (p.535) |
| Whaleman's Eye |
#2732 (p.445) |
| Whaleman's Eye (The Hitches) |
#2732 (p.445) |
| Whaler's cutting tackle block |
#3182 (p.524) |
| Whatnot |
#1208 (p.220), #1406 (p.258), #1407 (p.258), #2579 (p.415) |
| Whip upon whip |
#3224 (p.527) |
| Whiplash tongue |
#3427 (p.545) |
| Whirling Ring |
#2572 (p.414) |
| Whistle Lanyard² |
→ see Flat Lanyard Knot (Boatswain's Lanyard, Chinese Knot) #818 |
| Whistle or knife lanyard |
#3702 (p.578) |
| White whalebone heart |
#3301 (p.535) |
| Wide Basket Weave Knot |
#2248 (p.363) |
| Wide Bosun's Knot |
#835 (p.151) |
| Wide Standing Turk's-Head |
#1284 (p.228) |
| Wide Turk's-Head |
#1320 (p.235) |
| Wider Single-Strand French Sinnet Hitching |
#3615 (p.570) |
| Wild Goose Knot |
#2473 (p.396) |
| Winding tackle |
#3216 (p.526), #3253 (p.531), #3261 (p.532) |
| Winding tackle (equivalent), right-angle reeving |
#3253 (p.531) |
| Winding tackle (equivalent), same plane |
#3261 (p.532) |
| Winding tackle reversed |
#3217 (p.526) |
| Window-shade lanyard |
#3705 (p.578) |
| Window-shade pull |
#3701 (p.578) |
| Windsor |
#2404 (p.384) |
| Wire Rope Grommet |
#2866 (p.470) |
| Wire whipping |
#3462 (p.548) |
| Wooden "night stick" |
#3717 (p.580) |
| Wooden hank |
#3139 (p.520) |
| Wooden mast hoops |
#3132 (p.520) |
| Worming |
#3337 (p.539) |
| Woven or Sword Mat |
#2964 (p.488) |
| Wrap Hitch |
#209 (p.40) |
| Wrought mat |
#3494 (p.554) |
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