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sheet bend
noun
- a knot made between two ropes by forming a bight in one and passing the end of the other through the bight, around it, and under itself.
sheet bend
noun
- a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes Also calledbecket bendweaver's hitch
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sheet bend1
First recorded in 1835–45
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With dry rope a reef knot is as strong as the rope; with wet rope it slips before the rope breaks, while a double sheet bend is found to hold.
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Tie four of the following knots: Reef, sheet bend, clove hitch, bowline, middleman's, fisherman's, sheep-shank.
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