Definition of Rolling hitch

1. Noun. A hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope.

Generic synonyms: Hitch
Specialized synonyms: Magnus Hitch

Definition of Rolling hitch

1. Noun. A type of bend knot used to provide lengthwise grip of one rope to another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rolling Hitch

rollickingly
rollicks
rollicky
rollie
rollies
rollin'
rolling
rolling-pin
rolling back
rolling block
rolling circle
rolling circle mechanism
rolling contact
rolling demo
rolling demos
rolling hitch
rolling hitches
rolling in clover
rolling in dough
rolling in it
rolling in the aisle
rolling in the aisles
rolling mill
rolling news
rolling one's own
rolling over
rolling paper
rolling pin
rolling pins
rolling resistance

Literary usage of Rolling hitch

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)
"A rolling hitch. With the end of a rope take a half-hitch around the stand ing part ; then take another through the same bight, jaming it in above the first ..."

2. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"A rolling hitch. With the end of a rope take a half-hitch around the stand tug part ; then take another through the same hight, jaming it in above the first ..."

3. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"focus or center of communication: coulant, noose, slip, running knot; rolling hitch; coulant simple, slipknot, running knot: coulant sur double clef, ..."

4. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"65, the stick is held in position by a pull on each side; the " rolling hitch, Fig. 66, is a still tighter knot than the timber hitch, as it rolls the lines ..."

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