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Thread #127360   Message #2844040
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
19-Feb-10 - 07:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Factory Maid and the Clove-Hitch Knot
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Factory Maid and the Clove-Hitch Knot
As I remember it from my Scouting days.
A knot is made with the end(s) of a rope.
A bend is made with the middle of a rope.
A hitch is a knot or a bend used for attaching a rope to any other fitting.
A clove hitch is so named because it is cloven (split in two).

Cheers
Nigel