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Definition of Carrick bend
1. Noun. A knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers.
Definition of Carrick bend
1. Noun. (nautical) A round knot used to join two rope hawsers when required to go round the barrel of a capstan without jamming. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrick Bend
Literary usage of Carrick bend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"... round turns round a spar as you see in the plate, two half hitches around the
standing part, and the end stopped back.— (See Plaie.) 15.—A carrick bend. ..."
2. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"A Single carrick bend. Figs. 5 and 6. Compare with Single Sheet Bend. A Double
carrick bend. Figs. 7, 8 and 9. More secure than the Single Carrick, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"carrick bend. Fia. 15.—Midshipman's Hitch. Soaking (flg. 12). ... carrick bend (fig.
13).—Lay the end of one hawser over its own part to form a bight ..."
4. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Same as a "Clove Hitch," qv carrick bend Knot.—See "Ketchum's Hand Book," pages
444 and 445. ... Same as "carrick bend Knot," qv Encased Knot. ..."
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