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Definition of Blood knot
1. Noun. A knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times.
Definition of Blood knot
1. Noun. a type of bend knot used to join nylon lines and cords, for its ability to maintain line strength and its non-slip quality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Knot
Literary usage of Blood knot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"FOURFOLD OVERHAND KNOT, made by passing the end of the rope several times through
the bight, often termed a ' blood knot,' used for whip thongs, ..."
2. Child Training: A System of Education for the Child Under School Age by Virgil Mores Hillyer (1915)
"The overhand knot is made in this way by passing the free end back over the main
part and then up through the loop thus made. Lesson 65. blood knot. ..."
3. Chimæroid Fishes and Their Development by Bashford Dean (1906)
"... through the otic vesicles of preceding embryo. sides external gills are shown.
'r, artery; d, dilated blood knot in external gill; 8, ..."
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