Overhand knot with draw-loop: Difference between revisions

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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> or '''Noose'''<ref>Ashley, Clifford W. (1944). ''The Ashley Book of Knots'', p.204. Doubleday. {{ISBN|0-385-04025-3}} «The Noose is closely related to the Overhand Knot, the final tuck of the 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»</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.