A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
The clevis of a pulley block.
A pocket in clothing.
A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
Doubt, difficulty.
Mess, tangle.
A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
To form into hanks.
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.