carrick : Idioms & Phrases

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Carrick bend

  • noun a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
WordNet
  • (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.
Webster 1913

carrick bitt

  • noun either of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deck
    carrick bitt.
WordNet

Carrick bitts

  • noun either of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deck
    carrick bitt.
WordNet
  • (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass.
Webster 1913