| 单词 | matthew walker knot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMatthew Walker knot In full Matthew Walker knot. A knot tied in the separated strands of the end of a rope. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > knot used by sailors > specific bowline-knot1627 clinch1627 sheepshank1627 wall-knot1627 running bowline1710 running bowline knot1726 bend1769 clove-hitch1769 half-hitch1769 hitch1769 walnut1769 cat's paw1794 midshipman's hitch1794 reef knot1794 clench1804 French shroud knot1808 carrick bend1819 bowline1823 slippery hitch1832 wall1834 Matthew Walker1841 shroud-knot1860 stopper-knotc1860 marling hitch1867 wind-knot1870 Portuguese knot1871 rosette1875 chain knota1877 stopper-hitch1876 swab-hitch1883 monkey fist1917 Spanish bowline1968 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > any knot used by sailors > other specific sailors' knots bowline-knot1627 clinch1627 sheepshank1627 wall-knot1627 running bowline1710 running bowline knot1726 bend1769 clove-hitch1769 half-hitch1769 hitch1769 walnut1769 Magnus hitch1794 midshipman's hitch1794 clench1804 French shroud knot1808 carrick bend1819 bowline1823 slippery hitch1832 wall1834 cat's paw1840 Matthew Walker1841 shroud-knot1860 stopper-knotc1860 Portuguese knot1871 chain knota1877 stopper-hitch1876 swab-hitch1883 Spanish bowline1968 1808 D. Lever Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor 5 Matthew Walker's knot.] 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. vii. 37 A Matthew Walker knot,..unlay the end of a rope [etc.]. 1856 C. Nordhoff Man-of-war Life xii. 212 I practised..and was soon master of long and short splices, manrope knots, turks-heads, and Matthew Walkers. 1860 All Year Round 28 July 382/1 ‘Which knot?’ asked Toby... ‘Matthew Walker, spritsail-sheet, stopper or shroud?’ 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy (1886) 105 A Matthew Walker knot is used for the standing part of the lanyards of lower rigging. 1953 People (Austral.) 26 Aug. 47/3 Mason will talk by the hour about Matthew Walker knots, bell ropes..and cross-pointing if he encounters a pair of sympathetic ears. 1971 I. Imrie tr. S. Svensson Handbk. Seaman's Ropework 79 The Mathew Walker knot on a three-stranded rope is the simplest of all knots with a rope's own end. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque viii. 230 The laniards at each end were finished with a handsome Matthew Walker. < as lemmas |
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