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friction hitches

friction hitches is the plural of friction hitch.

Meaning of friction hitch

Noun

friction hitch (plural friction hitches)

  1. A category of knot tied around another rope, which allows the hitch to be moved up and down the other rope, but which remains stationary when a load is placed on it.

Questions about friction hitches

What is friction hitches the plural of?
Friction hitches is the plural of friction hitch.

Words near friction hitches in the dictionary

  1. friction clutch
  2. friction clutches
  3. friction drum
  4. friction drums
  5. friction hitch
  6. friction hitches
  7. friction match
  8. friction matches
  9. friction pile
  10. friction piles
  11. friction tape

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