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rolling hitch

noun

  1. a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.


rolling hitch

noun

  1. a knot used for fastening one rope to another or to a spar, being easily released but jamming when the rope is pulled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rolling hitch1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Calling to Maud to cease lowering, I went on deck and made the watch-tackle fast to the mast with a rolling hitch.

Rolling hitch: For shifting the fall from one end of a windlass to the other.

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