TIMBER HITCH Definition & Meaning

timber hitch

noun

a knot or hitch on a spar or the like, made by taking a turn on the object, wrapping the end around the standing part of the rope, then several times around itself.

timber-hitch

[ tim-ber-hich ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to fasten by means of a timber hitch.

timber hitch

noun

a knot used for tying a rope round a spar, log, etc, for haulage

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of timber hitch¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Origin of timber hitch²

First recorded in 1880–85

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“I can tie all 65 kinds of knots,—the Becket hitch, and the bowline, and the false reef and the fisherman’s bend, and the sheep-shank and the timber hitch——” “Whoa!” the man laughed.

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Scotty fastened one end of the small rope to the sapling, about halfway up, and secured it with a timber hitch.

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Tie four out of the following knots: square or reef, sheet-bend, bowline, fisherman's, sheepshank, halter, clove hitch, timber hitch, or two half hitches.

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V. The timber hitch always used on the lower end or notch of the bow.

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I think a farmer would be more likely to adopt a timber hitch, which is made in several ways.

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