single knot

noun

1. overhand knot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single knot¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing ravelled out.

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I took care to tie all the knots myself, to be sure of their firmness, for a single knot badly tied would have cost us our life.

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The only one which seemed to be equally injurious is the common single knot, of which no diagram is necessary.

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In the bosom of her robe was a bunch of orange blooms, and her rippling hair was tied in a single knot behind her shapely head.

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Follow the lead of the single knot through two single bights, the ends coming out at the top of the knot.

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