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buntline hitches

buntline hitches is the plural of buntline hitch.

Meaning of buntline hitch

Noun

buntline hitch (plural buntline hitches)

  1. A hitch knot made with two half hitches where, unlike simple two half hitches, the second hitch is tied closer to the spar than the first. Normally used to attach a line or rope to a spar or any buntline more securely.

Questions about buntline hitches

What is buntline hitches the plural of?
Buntline hitches is the plural of buntline hitch.

Words near buntline hitches in the dictionary

  1. buntingless
  2. buntings
  3. Buntins
  4. buntline
  5. buntline hitch
  6. buntline hitches
  7. buntlines
  8. buntling
  9. buntlings
  10. bunton
  11. Buntongun

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