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clove-hitch

clove-hitch is the alternative form of clove hitch.

Meaning of clove hitch

Noun

clove hitch (plural clove hitches)

  1. a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip

Forms of clove-hitch

pluralclove-hitches

Questions about clove-hitch

What is clove-hitch the alternative form of?
Clove-hitch is the alternative form of clove hitch.

Words near clove-hitch in the dictionary

  1. clove hook
  2. clove hooks
  3. clove lilli pilli
  4. clove pink
  5. clove pinks
  6. clove-hitch
  7. clove-hitches
  8. cloved
  9. cloveless
  10. Clovelly
  11. cloven

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