TIMBER HITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does timber hitch mean? 

• TIMBER HITCH (noun)
  The noun TIMBER HITCH has 1 sense:

1. a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch

  Familiarity information: TIMBER HITCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIMBER HITCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("timber hitch" is a kind of...):

hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot)