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CARRICK BEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carrick bend mean?
• CARRICK BEND (noun)
The noun CARRICK BEND has 1 sense:
1. a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
Familiarity information: CARRICK BEND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("carrick bend" is a kind of...):
knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)
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