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单词 sheet bend
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Definition of sheet bend in English:

sheet bend

noun
  • A method of temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A double sheet bend may be employed when a sheet bend may not have enough friction to hold well.
    • It should not be used like a regular sheet bend to join two different lengths of cord.
    • Use a sheet bend if you're going to put heavy stress on the knot, if one end is hard to bend or tie, or if you don't want the knot to come undone any time soon.
    • Reading between the lines, I detect a loophole or two in the health and safety rules; there is no ban on using weapons against dinosaurs, nor on using reef knots and sheet bends to tie up one's prisoners.
    • Run the free end as shown in figure 1 and tighten to make the locking sheet bend shown in figure 2.
    • While the braver souls dodged traffic to retrieve gear, I scrounged pieces of rope from the trunk, joined them with sheet bends, and tied a bowline loop in one end.
    • The groups hiked down to Blackfoot to tie clove hitches, half hitches, square knots, fisherman knots, and sheet bends, then walked a course with the Patrol tied together.
    • If the ropes you are joining together are slick, such as nylon line, you may want to add an extra loop into your sheet bend for greater security.
    • The double sheet bend is a more secure version of the sheet bend and is a common knot to be used when tying two lines together, particularly if the lines are of different diameter.
    • If you find that the sheet bend slips then you need to get more ‘bight’ out of the towel.
    • The essentials of the boater's repertoire are here - the bowline, the sheet bend, the clove hitch, etc. - but so are such lesser-known gems as the hawser bend, the cow hitch, and many more.
 
 

Definition of sheet bend in US English:

sheet bend

noun
  • A knot used for temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While the braver souls dodged traffic to retrieve gear, I scrounged pieces of rope from the trunk, joined them with sheet bends, and tied a bowline loop in one end.
    • The essentials of the boater's repertoire are here - the bowline, the sheet bend, the clove hitch, etc. - but so are such lesser-known gems as the hawser bend, the cow hitch, and many more.
    • The groups hiked down to Blackfoot to tie clove hitches, half hitches, square knots, fisherman knots, and sheet bends, then walked a course with the Patrol tied together.
    • The double sheet bend is a more secure version of the sheet bend and is a common knot to be used when tying two lines together, particularly if the lines are of different diameter.
    • Reading between the lines, I detect a loophole or two in the health and safety rules; there is no ban on using weapons against dinosaurs, nor on using reef knots and sheet bends to tie up one's prisoners.
    • If you find that the sheet bend slips then you need to get more ‘bight’ out of the towel.
    • Use a sheet bend if you're going to put heavy stress on the knot, if one end is hard to bend or tie, or if you don't want the knot to come undone any time soon.
    • A double sheet bend may be employed when a sheet bend may not have enough friction to hold well.
    • It should not be used like a regular sheet bend to join two different lengths of cord.
    • Run the free end as shown in figure 1 and tighten to make the locking sheet bend shown in figure 2.
    • If the ropes you are joining together are slick, such as nylon line, you may want to add an extra loop into your sheet bend for greater security.
 
 
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