单词 | clove-hitch |
释义 | clove-hitch Naut. [f. clove pa. pple. + hitch.] A ‘hitch’ or mode of simply fastening a rope round a spar, etc., formed by passing the rope twice round in such a way that both ends pass under the centre part of the loop in front; it thus appears united into one loop in front and ‘cloven’ into two parallel lines at the back.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) H h 3 b, They are..attached by a knot, called a clove-hitch, to..the shrouds. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. (ed. 2) 303 If..the dislocation takes place at the shoulder joint, a clove hitch by towel should be applied above the elbow joint. fig.1883Stevenson Treasure Isl. iii. xv. (1886) 123 ‘You're all in a clove hitch, aint you?’ Hence clove-hitch v.
1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. (ed. 2) 304 While a towel is clove-hitched above the elbow joint. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 65 A pair of bellropes clove-hitched on the bight round the mast-head. |

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