Definition of Matthew Walker knot

1. Noun. A kind of stopper knot.

Exact synonyms: Matthew Walker
Generic synonyms: Stopper Knot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matthew Walker Knot

Matsue
Matsumoto
Matsuyama
Matt
Matt.
Mattathias
Matterhorn
Matteuccia
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Matthean
Matthew
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Calbraith Perry
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Walker
Matthew Walker knot (current term)
Matthew principle
Matthews
Matthias
Matthias Schleiden
Matthiola
Matthiola incana
Mattie
Mattole
Matty
Matumbi
Mau Mau
Mauchart's ligaments
Maud
Maud Gonne

Literary usage of Matthew Walker knot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Seamanship by George Strong Nares, United States Coast Guard Academy (1865)
"For the topmast rigging, a Matthew Walker knot is made in the standing part, and the lanyard then rove from in, out, through the after hole ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1866)
"To some knots and splices the inventors have given their names, such as '•' Elliot's splice " and " Matthew Walker " knot. The origin of this knot is thus ..."

3. Farm Mechanies by Fred Duane Crawshaw, Emil Wilhelm Lehmann (1922)
"Matthew Walker knot (Fig. 368). This is a very permanent end knot. It is made by first making a loosely- constructed wall knot, then by passing A thru the ..."

4. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"Matthew Walker knot, man-rope knot, FIGURE-OF-EIGHT KNGT. BOWLINE KNGT. and rope-yarn knot. In reference to the speed of a ship a knot is one of the ..."

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