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clove hitches

clove hitches is the plural 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

Questions about clove hitches

What is clove hitches the plural of?
Clove hitches is the plural of clove hitch.

Words near clove hitches in the dictionary

  1. clouée
  2. clovamide
  3. Clovass
  4. clove
  5. clove hitch
  6. clove hitches
  7. clove hook
  8. clove hooks
  9. clove lilli pilli
  10. clove pink
  11. clove pinks

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