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A '''slipped half hitch'''<ref>{{cite book |title=The Art of Knotting and Splicing, 4th Edition |last=Day |first=Cyrus |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1986 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |___location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=0-87021-062-9 |pages=36 (Knot #15) }} [first edition 1947]</ref><ref>Ashley, Clifford W.. The Ashley Book of Knots. Published by Faber and Faber, 1993 — #52 — p14 — {{ISBN|9780571096596}}</ref> is a [[knot]] in which the weight of the load the rope carries depresses the loop sufficiently to keep it in place until the load item is placed in its ___location. When no longer required the free end may be pulled and draw the loop through and so release the load.

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Image:Slipstek-3.jpg|Tying onto a ring.

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The '''overhandOverhand nooseNoose'''<ref>{{cite book|title=The Art of Knotting and Splicing, 4th Edition | last=Day |pages=84 (Knot #88) }}</ref>

is sometimes used as a [[slip knot|Slip Knot]], to form the loops of a [[trucker's hitch|Trucker's Hitch]], or as a [[stopper knot|stopperStopper]]. Double Noose is used in [[arboriculture]] to fix a rope to a [[carabiner]]. Today this knot is mistakenly named like [[Barrel hitch|Barrel Hitch]].

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Image:Slipstek_Auge.jpg|Make an eye, the working end is shown on the right.

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Image:Strickleiterknoten-1.jpg|Pull the standing part through the eye, forming a bight. The working end is shown below the standing end.

File:Slipstek-4.jpg|Tighten

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==Similar knots==

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File:NooseKnot.jpg|[[Noose]]<br>ABOK 43

File:SlipKnot.jpg|[[Slip knot]]<br>ABOK 529

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