tie-off
Fasten line's end
A tie-off is a secure anchor point or the act of fastening something by tying it to a fixed object.
Workers use tie-offs for safety lines: The roofer connected his harness to the tie-off.
In medical contexts, to tie off a vessel is to ligate it—stopping blood flow by tying it closed.
The term appears wherever something needs securing to a stable point.
Secures ships to seabed
- belayAnchor a rope
- rappelControlled rope descent
- abseilControlled rope descent
- ropeThick twisted fibers
carabiner · harness · fixed line · descent · pitch · wall · crag · protection
Tied rope fastening
- threadFiber for stitching
- stitchThread loop in fabric
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
sewing · finish · secure · end · weave · yarn · crochet · macrame
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
rope · carabiner · harness · fixed line · descent · pitch · wall · crag · protection · sling
knot
Tied rope fastening
embroidery · sewing · finish · secure · end · weave · yarn · crochet · macrame · beading
tourniquet
Compression band stopping hemorrhage
bleeding · clamp · surgical · hemostasis · vein · artery · bandage · compress · catheter · IV
buoy
Tethered nautical signal
- markerSomething that signals location
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
anchor · boat · surface · reef · wreck · ascent · current · float · clip · reel
- Ballooninghot air balloon, hot air balloons, balloon, gas balloons, balloonist
- hemostaticsthrombin, fibrin, platelets, clotting factor, hemostat