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Definition of Granny knot
1. Noun. A reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure.
Definition of Granny knot
1. Noun. A knot similar to the reef knot but crossed the opposite way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Granny knot
1. A double knot in which the free ends of the second loop are asymmetric and not in the same plane as the free ends of the first loop. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Granny Knot
Literary usage of Granny knot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Immediate Care of the Injured by Albert Sidney Morrow (1906)
"The end in the right hand is now passed beneath Fig. 127.—Method of tying square
or reef-knot. Fig. 128.—The granny-knot. ..."
2. Modern methods in nursing by Georgiana Jane Sanders (1922)
"In a granny knot the second twist is made by bringing the free end lying behind
forward, and crossing it over the other in front; in a reef knot for the Fig ..."
3. Child Training: A System of Education for the Child Under School Age by Virgil Mores Hillyer (1915)
"Reef Knot and granny knot. In the same way teach the " Reef Knot," for tying two
pieces or ends of string together and caution against the faulty " granny ..."
4. Carpentry and Building (1905)
"As to whether 1 shall ever after hang a sash weight on a granny's knot, who said
that 1 ever had? Does the correspondent mean to say that the knot l ..."
5. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"... granny knot; marin. Carrick bend: seized to standing part; anchor-ring knot
... granny knot: tie tire-veille, diamond knot: de tisserand, weaver's knot, ..."
6. A Manual of Ambulance by John Scott Riddell (1897)
"... be secured by a "reef" knot, which is much firmer than the so-called Fig.
37.—Reef knot. Fig. 38.—granny knot. ..."
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