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| Ground-line hitch |
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| Names |
Ground-line hitch, Picket-line hitch, Miller's knot, Sack knot, Bag knot |
| Category |
hitch |
| Category #2 |
binding |
| Related |
Miller's knot, Clove hitch, Turk's head |
| Releasing |
Non-jamming |
| ABoK |
#154, #277, #278, #390, #1243, #1676, #1680 |
The ground-line hitch is a type of knot used to attach a rope to an object. Worked-up and dressed properly, it is more secure than the simpler clove hitch and has less tendency to jam. It can also be used as a simple binding knot and is classed among several knots known as the Miller's knot.[1] The Ground-line hitch is also the start of a three-lead four-bight Turk's head.[2]
Untightened Ground-line hitch
[edit] References
- ^ Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 62.
- ^ Ashley, 291.
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