| 单词 | granny's knot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgranny's knot granny's knot n. = granny knot n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > insecure knot granny's bend1777 granny's knot1800 granny knot1812 granny1847 1800 D. Lescallier Vocab. des Termes de Marine 91 Granny's knot. 1823 Trans. Apothecaries & Surgeon-Apothecaries Eng. & Wales 1 380 Sailors are well aware of the difference between a reef-knot which will not slip, and a granny's-knot. 1853 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 25 July (2000) VI. 270 I had been all the while tying what is called a Granny's knot. 1965 M. Young Miss MacIntosh, My Darling II. lxviii. 953 What did the hangman know of overhand and figure-of-eight and running bowline and bowline with a bight, cat's paw and granny's knot? 2009 F. Helwig Wildflowers, Wilderness & Wine 74 He has tied the baling twine in place with a granny's knot. I..begin the tedious job of unpicking the knot. < as lemmas |
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