garland vs wall knot

garland

noun
  • A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 

  • The top; the thing most prized. 

  • An accolade or mark of honour. 

  • A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in. 

  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. 

  • A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe. 

  • The crown of a monarch. 

verb
  • To deck or ornament something with a garland. 

  • To form something into a garland. 

wall knot

noun
  • A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first. 

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