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Definition of Matthew walker knot
1. Noun. A kind of stopper knot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matthew Walker Knot
Literary usage of Matthew walker knot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. Farm Mechanies by Fred Duane Crawshaw, Emil Wilhelm Lehmann (1922)
"matthew walker knot (Fig. 368). This is a very permanent end knot. It is made by
first making a loosely- constructed wall knot, then by passing A thru the ..."
4. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"Matthew Walker knot, man-rope knot, FIGURE-OF-EIGHT KNGT. BOWLINE KNGT. and rope-yarn
knot. In reference to the speed of a ship a knot is one of the ..."
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