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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> or '''Noose'''<ref>Ashley, Clifford W. (1944). ''The Ashley Book of Knots'', p.204. Doubleday.Published {{ISBN|0-385-04025-3}}by «TheFaber Nooseand is closely related to the Overhand KnotFaber, the1993 final— tuck#52 of— thep14 Noose— being made with a bight instead of a single end, as in the Overhand. It is often employed ashore, but seldom at sea, its simplicity being its greatest recommendations. It may be tied in the bight as well as in the end of a rope. Formerly it was much used in snaring birds and small animals and was commonly tied in horsehair or small wire»{{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 '''Overhand Noose'''<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|Stopper]]. Double Noose is used in [[Arboriculture|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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