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noun
a type of bend, a double overhand knot used to join the ends of similar types of cord with no slip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Accredited to have been newly invented by Dr. Edward Hunter, thought it was later pointed out that the knot had been published many years before.
