Search Result for "carrick bend":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carrick \Car"rick\, n. (Naut.)
   A carack. See Carack.
   [1913 Webster]

   Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending
      together hawsers or other ropes.

   Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the
      windlass. --Totten.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carrick bend
    n 1: a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or
         hawsers