twist knotn. a figure-of-eight knot, repeated or continued so as to form a kind of plait.
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twist knot1871
1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 246 The twist knot is by no means so generally known. Dissected it is an ordinary ‘three plait’, though formed of one piece... If well done it forms a hard, tight, and compact long knot.