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Definition of Sheet bend
1. Noun. A hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye).
Definition of Sheet bend
1. Noun. A type of knot that can be used to join two ropes of different diameters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheet Bend
Literary usage of Sheet bend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"An ordinary net is composed of a series of sheet bends. See Ksor, Ie, fig. 20.
A ti'«w'.t knot is made like a sheet bend. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"An ordinary net is composed of a series of sheet bends. See KNOT, Ie, Fig. 20.
A weaver^ knot Is made like a sheet bend. Single Wall Knot. ..."
3. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"68, is somewhat similar; the "sheet bend and toggle," Fig. 69, is easily unloosed,
and the " bowline," Fig. 70, forms a loop which can be thrown, ..."
4. Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts (1920)
"sheet bend: Loose sheet bend: Drawn Tight To make a Sheet-bend: Make in the end
of the larger rope a small bight or use the permanent loop in its place; ..."
5. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Same as "sheet bend Knot," qv Black wall Hitch Knot. ... sheet bend Knot with a
Toggle.- See " Ketchum's Hand Book," pages 444 and • Simple Knot. ..."
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