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becket hitch

becket hitch noun: any of several types of hitch knot used to attach a rope or cord to any kind of becket.

Noun

becket hitch (plural becket hitches)

  1. Any of several types of hitch knot used to attach a rope or cord to any kind of becket.
  2. Specifically, a sheet bend when used to hitch to an eye splice.

Forms of becket hitch

pluralbecket hitches

Questions about becket hitch

What does becket hitch mean?
Becket hitch means any of several types of hitch knot used to attach a rope or cord to any kind of becket.
What part of speech is becket hitch?
Becket hitch is a noun.
What is the plural of becket hitch?
The plural of becket hitch is becket hitches.

Words near becket hitch in the dictionary

  1. Beckerts
  2. beckes
  3. becket
  4. becket bend
  5. becket bends
  6. becket hitch
  7. becket hitches
  8. beckets
  9. Beckett
  10. Beckett-Gray code
  11. Beckettian

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