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figure-eight hitches

figure-eight hitches is the plural of figure-eight hitch.

Meaning of figure-eight hitch

Noun

figure-eight hitch (plural figure-eight hitches)

  1. A becket hitch favoured by anglers to hitch a line to a leader loop.

Questions about figure-eight hitches

What is figure-eight hitches the plural of?
Figure-eight hitches is the plural of figure-eight hitch.

Words near figure-eight hitches in the dictionary

  1. figure weaving
  2. figure-caster
  3. figure-casters
  4. figure-eight
  5. figure-eight hitch
  6. figure-eight hitches
  7. figure-eighted
  8. figure-eighting
  9. figure-eights
  10. figure-head
  11. figure-heads

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