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noun
A means of fastening a rope to a hook: a turn of the rope, either the end or the middle, around the hook, having the part the strain is on riding over the loose part, with the bight well up on the back of the hook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hitch
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