water knots

Noun

water knot (plural water knots)

1. A type of bend knot used to join the ends of lines or flat material such as tubular webbing.
   • To tie a water-knot, lay the end of one of your hairs about five inches or less, over that of the other, and through the loop, which you would make to time them in a common way, pass the long and short end of the hairs, which will lie to the right of the loop, twice, and wetting the knot with your...1775 [1653], Izaak Walton, edited by John Hawkins, The Complete Angler, compilation of Walton’s original and Charles Cotton’s second part of The Compleat Angler, page 255

   Synonyms:

   ring bend, grass knot, tape knot

2. Synonym of fisherman's knot.

   Synonyms:

   fisherman's knot