knot tying
Sailor's essential skill
Knot tying is the skill or practice of forming knots in rope, cord, or other flexible material.
Different knots serve different purposes—securing loads, joining lines, creating loops, or binding objects.
The term appears in contexts from sailing and climbing to surgery and craft work: The scouts practiced knot tying, Knot tying is essential for fly fishing.
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rope · hitch · handfasting · fishing line · knots · shoe laces · belaying · clove hitch · trucker's hitch · loop · twist · pull · knurl · cordage · noose · tangled · halyard · weave
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binding action
knot tyingunknotting
Removing a tangle
untying · loosening · unbinding · unfastening · releasing