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FISHERMAN'S BEND

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Dictionary entry overview: What does fisherman's bend mean?

• FISHERMAN'S BEND (noun)
The noun FISHERMAN'S BEND has 1 sense:

1. a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring

Familiarity information: FISHERMAN'S BEND used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FISHERMAN'S BEND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A knot for tying a line to a spar or ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fisherman's bend" is a kind of...):

knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)

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