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carrick bends

carrick bends is the plural of carrick bend.

Meaning of carrick bend

Noun

carrick bend (plural carrick bends)

  1. A strong bend knot commonly used to join two lines, ropes, and hawsers when required. A reliable safe knot if tied correctly, but unsafe if tied incorrectly, which is easily done. It is a basic knot which forms part of many other knots, hitches, bends, etc.

Questions about carrick bends

What is carrick bends the plural of?
Carrick bends is the plural of carrick bend.

Words near carrick bends in the dictionary

  1. Carribeans
  2. carriboo
  3. carriboos
  4. carrick
  5. carrick bend
  6. carrick bends
  7. Carrick-on-Shannon
  8. Carrick-on-Suir
  9. Carrickfergus
  10. Carrickmacross
  11. Carrickmines

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