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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
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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