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square knot

a double knot consisting of two symmetric half hitches, which tends to tighten under tension.

square knot

(skwār not)

A double knot in which the free ends of the second loop are symmetric and in the same plane as the free ends of the first loop.

square knot

A double knot in which the ends of the second knot are in the same place as the ends of the first knot.

See: knot for illus.; square knot

square knot

a secure knot made by a single throw of one of the two ends over the other, then a return and another single throw with both ends coming out on the same side of the loop, either both over or both under it. Called also reef knot.

Square knot. By permission from Slatter D, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, Saunders, 2002

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