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Definition of Matthew Walker
1. Noun. A kind of stopper knot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matthew Walker
Literary usage of Matthew Walker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Register of the Freemen of the City of York: From the City Records ... 1272-1759 by York (England), Francis Collins (1900)
"... son of Thomas Rodwell, pewterer John" Walker, translator, son of Matthew
Walker, baker 10 GEO. II. SIR JOB. LISTER KATE, BART., MAYOR. THO. NORFOLK. ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of by Ellery Bicknell Crane (1907)
"In that year Matthew Walker, an Englishman by birth, and a farmer by principal
occupation ... Matthew Walker, fifth child and third son of Matthew and Mary ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1917)
"... and Double Crown Double Matthew Walker (I.) or"Man Rope Knot." b Fig.8. Fig.6.
Double Matthew Walker C2.) Single Matthew Walker (2. ..."
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