Definitions for half hitch
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
half′ hitch′(n.)
a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight. .
Category: Navy
Origin of half hitch:
1760–70
Princeton's WordNet
half hitch(noun)
a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double
Wiktionary
half hitch(Noun)
A knot or hitch made by passing the end of the rope once around the standing part or other rope.
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