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Timber hitch
Type of knot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The timber hitch is a knot used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object. Secure while tension is maintained, it is easily untied even after heavy loading.[1][2][3]
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Names | Timber hitch, Fig.8 Timber Hitch, Bowyer's Knot, Lumberman's Knot, Countryman's Knot |
Category | Hitch |
Related | Killick hitch |
Releasing | Non-jamming |
ABoK | #1668,#195, #479, #1665, #2161 |
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The timber hitch is a very old knot. It is first known to have been mentioned in a nautical source c. 1625[4] and illustrated in 1762.[1]