BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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knot (tightened looping of strings, cords, bands, ropes) [listen] Knoten {m} (festgezogene Verschlingung von Fäden, Schnüren, Bändern, Seilen) [listen]

knots Knoten {pl} [listen]

figure-eight knot; figure-of-eight knot Achtknoten {m}

alpine butterfly knot; butterfly knot; butterfly loop; lineman's loop; lineman's rider Alpiner Schmetterlingsknoten {m}; Schmetterlingsknoten {m}

tape knot; grass knot; water knot; ring bend; overhand follow-through (climbing) Bandschlingenknoten {m} (Klettern)

reef knot; carrick bend Kreuzknoten {m}; Weberknoten {m}; doppelter Schifferknoten

bowline knot (climbing) Palstekknoten {m}; Bulinknoten {m} (Klettern)

Prusik knot; Prusik (often wrongly: Prussic knot) Prusikknoten {m}; Prusikschlinge {f}

anchor knot; anchor bend; fisherman's bend Roringstek {m}

wall knot; stevedore's knot Schauermannsknoten {m}; doppelter Achtknoten {m} [naut.]

crown knot; square knot; thief knot [Am.] Schifferknoten {m} [naut.]

sheet bend; becket bend; weaver's knot; weaver's hitch Schotstek {m} [naut.]; Schotenstich {m} (Feuerwehr); Hinterstich {m}; Weberkreuzknoten {m}; gekreuzter Weberknoten {m} (Pfadfinder)

sheepshank Trompetenknoten {m}; Trompetenstich {m}

self-releasing knot selbstlösender Knoten

to knot; to tie a knot [listen] einen Knoten machen

to tie a knot in sth. in etw. einen Knoten machen