Definition of Blackwall hitch

1. Noun. A simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook.

Generic synonyms: Hitch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackwall Hitch

Blackacre
Blackadder
Blackamoor
Blackbeard
Blackburn
Blackfeet
Blackfoot
Blackfriar
Blackpool
Blackpudlian
Blackpudlians
Blacks
Blacksburg
Blackshirt
Blackstone
Blackwall hitch (current term)
Blackwell
Blackwood
Blagden's law
Blagoevgrad
Blagoveshchensk
Blaia Zimondal
Blaine
Blainville ears
Blair
Blair's babes
Blair-Brown graft
Blairism
Blairist

Literary usage of Blackwall hitch

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

1. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"A. Blackwall hitch, Fig. 54, Plate 7. Form a bight (c), Fig. ... A Double Blackwall Hitch, Fig. 55, Plate 7. A fat's Pan", for the same purpose, Fig. ..."

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