turn

→ Japanese: ターン (tān)

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

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movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

360° turn

movement about an axis returning to the original orientation

the first turn of the screw pays all debts

Let's take a turn in the garden.


granny

The suitcase was old. The brown leather was battered and scuffed. Two hanks of clothesline had been wrapped around it and tied in large, clownish grannies.

1977, Stephen King, Children of the Corn:


splice

Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen (Modern Dutch splitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”), German spleißen (“to split, splice”), Spliss (“split ends, hair breakage”), French épisser (also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.

(genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.


splice

en-verb

splice (third-person singular simple present splices, present participle splicing, simple past and past participle spliced)

splices (present singular third-person)
splicing (participle present)
spliced (participle past)
spliced (past)

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

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to unite ropes by interweaving the strands

To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.

(genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) To add, remove and/or replace several array/data elements in one operation.


hangman's noose

en-noun

hangman's noose (plural hangman's nooses)

A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging.

уда́вка

затя́гивающаяся


slip knot

A knot which attaches a line to an object and tightens when pressure is applied. Also called a running knot.

затягаща се примка

A knot which attaches a line to the middle of another, allowing it to slide


bowline

(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.


Gordian knot

/ˈɡɔːdɪən ˈnɒt/

/ˈɡoʊɹdɪən ˈnɑt/

From the name of a legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium. It was prophesied that whoever loosed the knot would become ruler of all Asia. Alexander the Great solved the puzzle by slicing through the knot and took it as a sign of Zeus' favor. He then proceeded to conquer much of the known world.

(Greek mythology) The legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium.


seizing

seizing (countable and uncountable, plural seizings)

A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.

Such lashing used to temporarily immobilize the ends of a rope to prevent a knot from slipping or collapsing.


Windsor knot

A wide triangular knot of a particular sort in a necktie.


Turk's head

A knot, or any of various similar kinds of knot, resulting in a ball of rope.


carrick bend

(nautical) A strong bend knot commonly used to join two lines, ropes, and hawsers when required. A reliable safe knot if tied correctly, but unsafe if tied incorrectly, which is easily done. It is a basic knot which forms part of many other knots, hitches, bends, etc.


clove hitch

(nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip


reef knot

A knot used to securely tie two pieces of rope together, or to reef sails.


surgeon's knot

A knot derived from the reef knot, commonly used by surgeons.


bottle sling

A knot that can be used to create a handle for a glass or ceramic container with a slippery narrow neck.


monkey's fist

(knots, nautical) A type of knot tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line.


double sheet bend

double sheet bend (plural double sheet bends)

Doubled version of the sheet bend; a strong knot used to tie two ropes of different diameters together.


sheet bend

A type of knot that can be used to join two ropes of different diameters.


sheepshank

Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear.

compound

(nautical) A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.


sheepshank

en-verb

sheepshank (third-person singular simple present sheepshanks, present participle sheepshanking, simple past and past participle sheepshanked)

sheepshanks (present singular third-person)
sheepshanking (participle present)
sheepshanked (participle past)
sheepshanked (past)

(transitive) To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.

скъсявам

to shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot


half hitch

(knots) A knot or hitch made by passing the end of the rope once around the standing part or other rope.


Grecian knot

A way of knotting up a woman's hair in imitation of the Ancient Greek style.


Psyche knot

Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 397:

Why, really, he drove all the ladies to wearing those odious Psyche knots.

1896, John Kendrick Bangs, The Bicyclers:


friction hitch

en-noun

friction hitch (plural friction hitches)

A category of knot tied around another rope, which allows the hitch to be moved up and down the other rope, but which remains stationary when a load is placed on it.


binding knot

A knot that may be used to keep an object or multiple loose objects together, using a string or a rope that passes at least once around them.


square knot

A common binding knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other.


overhand knot

A particular very simple knot, used e.g. to prevent the end of a rope from unraveling, and as part of other knots.


stopper knot

(nautical) A knot placed in a rope either to prevent the end from fraying, or to prevent it from passing through a hole.

nœud d’arrêt

knot to prevent a rope passing through a hole


ossel hitch

A simple type of hitch knot, most often used in boating, to tie a smaller line to a larger line.


granny knot

A knot similar to the reef knot but crossed the opposite way.


working end

(rope) The end of a rope that is used to make a knot.


standing end

(rope) The end of a rope that is not used to make a knot.


standing part

The section of rope between the standing end and a knot being made.


working part

(rope) The section of rope between the working end and a knot being made.


round turn

(finance) A complete trade, involving both the purchase and the sale of a commodity.


dogshank

An inferior variant of the sheepshank knot, which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack.


bowknot

A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.


butterfly bend

A type of bend knot, very similar to the butterfly knot, but used to join two ropes.


rolling hitch

A type of bend knot used to provide lengthwise grip of one rope to another. There are 2 types. Type 1 is also known as the magnus hitch and type 2 leads to the midshipman's hitch


Albright knot

Named after Jimmy Albright, a guide in the Florida Keys.

A type of bend knot used to join ropes of very different diameters and materials to one another.


Ashley's bend

From the name of the inventor, Clifford Ashley.

A type of bend knot which has proven stability and grip.


beer knot

A type of bend knot used to join the ends of tubular webbing, commonly employed by mountaineers to create a sling seat.


butterfly knot

alpine butterfly knot
alpine butterfly knot

A type of knot used to provide an anchor point on a long line. Much used by mountaineers. Also known as the alpine butterfly knot.


water knot

Uncertain, apparently water + knot. Attested from at least the 18th century.

fisherman's knot
fisherman's knot#English


blood knot

A type of bend knot used to join nylon lines and cords, for its ability to maintain line strength and its non-slip quality. Also known as the barrel knot.


Flemish bend

A type of bend knot used to join the ends of two ropes of similar thickness, based on the figure-of-eight knot.


harness bend

A type of bend knot used to join the ends of two cords. It can be tied while maintaining tension in the cords.


Hunter's bend

* Accredited to the supposed inventor Dr. Edward Hunter

a type of bend, a double overhand knot used to join the ends of similar types of cord with no slip.


heaving line bend

heaving line bend (plural heaving line bends)

A type of bend knot used to join the ends of two lines or ropes of unequal thickness.

sheet bend

a more commonly used knot for this purpose


fisherman's knot

fisherman's knot (plural fisherman's knots)

A loop knot made in the bight, and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.


racking bend

a type of bend knot used to join the ends of two lines or ropes of very different thicknesses. The finer cord is woven between the two stands of a bight or loop of the thicker rope, and pulled tight after each pass. Racking like this forms the basis for many other bends and knots.


shroud knot

a type of bend knot used to join the ends of laid ropes, by separating the strands and knotting them together individually. Commonly used to join a snapped shroud rope.


eye splice

A permanent loop, or eye, formed at the end of a laid rope by splicing the free end back into the standing part.


Simple Simon under

Simple Simon under (plural Simple Simon unders)

a type of bend knot used to join two ropes, variation of the Simple Simon over.


Simple Simon over

Simple Simon over (plural Simple Simon overs)

a type of bend knot used to join two ropes.


nail knot

The name comes from the use of a nail, needle, or similar object as an aid to form the knot correctly.

A type of bend knot used to join two fine lines, commonly used with fishing lines.


timber hitch

A multiple turn hitch knot used to attach a line or rope to a spar where diagonal strain, or towing, is required. More commonly used with a half hitch added for security.


dolly knot

(UK) a hitch knot used to tension ropes, often for the purpose of securing loads for transport.


trucker's hitch

trucker's hitch (plural trucker's hitches)


sailor's hitch

sailor's hitch (plural sailor's hitches)

A secure hitch knot used to attach a line or rope to a spar or cable.


axle hitch

a hitch knot used to securely attach a line or rope to a spar in a difficult to reach place, such as an axle.


wall knot

A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.


magnus hitch

A knot tied similarly to a rolling hitch but with the final hitch in the opposite direction.


Spanish reef

(nautical) A knot tied in the head of a jib-headed sail.


becket bend

Synonym of sheet bend, especially when hitching to a becket.


catshank

A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack.


offset overhand bend

offset overhand bend (plural offset overhand bends)


adjustable hitch

adjustable hitch (plural adjustable hitches)

a common name for various hitch knots, which, as the name suggests, are easily adjustable without untying from the post or ring etc.


adjustable bend

adjustable bend (plural adjustable bends)

a bend knot used to securely attach two lines or ropes in a firm, manner while still being able to adjust the length of the combined lines.


adjustable loop

adjustable loop (plural adjustable loops)

an end loop knot, which, as the name suggests, is easy to adjust the loop size without untying.


alpine coil

A type of knot used to secure a coiled rope.


alpine butterfly bend

alpine butterfly bend (plural alpine butterfly bends)

A type of knot used to provide an anchor point on a long line. Also known as the butterfly knot.


alpine butterfly knot

alpine butterfly knot (plural alpine butterfly knots)

A type of knot used to provide an anchor point on a long line. Much used by mountaineers. Also known simply as the butterfly knot.


ringbolt hitching

ringbolt hitching (plural ringbolt hitchings)

alternate ring hitching
alternate ring hitching

A type of hitch used to attach a line to a ringbolt with a series of alternate simple hitches. Also known as the alternate ring hitching.


alternate ring hitching

alternate ring hitching (plural alternate ring hitchings)

A type of hitch also known as the ringbolt hitching.


anchor hitch

Any of a type of knot used to attach a line to a ring or other solid terminal. Also known as the anchor bend.


anchor bend

A type of knot used to securely attach a line to a ring or other solid terminal. More correctly known as the anchor hitch.


angler's knot

A common name some types of knot also known as the fisherman's knot.


harness loop

A type of knot generally known as the artillery loop.


artillery loop

A type of knot used to create a loop on the bight of a rope, considered to be rather unstable.


manharness hitch

manharness hitch (plural manharness hitches)


angler's loop

A type of knot which creates a very stable loop even in slippery rope or cord.


manharness knot

manharness knot (plural manharness knots)


equalizer knot

A type of knot generally used to create load-sharing on two anchor points, with adjustable length stand loops to the hitch points.


arbor knot

(fishing) A type of knot used to secure fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel.


Ashley's stopper knot

Ashley's stopper knot (plural Ashley's stopper knots)

* One of many knots invented by Clifford Warren Ashley

A type of knot used to provide a symmetrical stop at the end of a rope to prevent it from pulling through an eyelet or other fixed opening. Also known as the oysterman's stopper.


oysterman's stopper

oysterman's stopper (plural oysterman's stoppers)

* One of many knots invented by Clifford Warren Ashley who named this knot as it was similar to a knot used by oyster fishermen.

A type of knot used to provide a symmetrical stop at the end of a rope to prevent it from pulling through an eyelet or other fixed opening.


Bachmann hitch

Bachmann hitch (plural Bachmann hitches)

Named after Franz Bachmann, an Austrian alpinist.

A type of quick-release friction hitch used to hitch a carabiner to a main supporting rope.


bag knot

A type of knot often used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.


miller's knot

Any of various types of knot used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.


constrictor knot

constrictor knot (plural constrictor knots)

A type of knot or hitch often used to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour. This knot has diverse practical applications as it is very stable and can be difficult to release.


Englishman's knot

Englishman's knot (plural Englishman's knots)

A loop knot made in the bight, favoured by fishermen as quick and secure.


fisherman's loop

fisherman's loop (plural fisherman's loops)

A loop knot made in the bight and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.


waterman's knot

waterman's knot (plural waterman's knots)

A loop knot made in the bight, and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.


English knot

A loop knot made in the bight, favored by fishermen as quick and secure.


becket hitch

Any of several types of hitch knot used to attach a rope or cord to any kind of becket.

Specifically, a sheet bend when used to hitch to an eye splice.


swab hitch

(nautical) A becket hitch applied to a swab.


double becket hitch

double becket hitch (plural double becket hitches)

(nautical) A becket hitch with an extra turn, for security. Often used to hitch a line to a harpoon.


steering wheel becket

steering wheel becket (plural steering wheel beckets)

(nautical) A rope with a becket at one end and a hook at the other, used to hold the ship's wheel (the helm) in fixed position. Normally used in pairs, with the becket on a spoke and the hook on a ring in the deck.


figure-eight hitch

figure-eight hitch (plural figure-eight hitches)

A becket hitch favoured by anglers to hitch a line to a leader loop.


barrel knot

A type of bend knot used to join nylon lines and cords, for its ability to maintain line strength and its non-slip quality. Also known as the blood knot.


fire-escape knot

fire-escape knot (plural fire-escape knots)

(nautical) A series of evenly spaced overhand knots in a rope, which make it more secure for climbing or descending. Often used for fire escapes and jib boom foot ropes on rigged sail ships. Also known as the Philadelphia knot.


zeppelin bend

From the erroneous belief that this knot was used by the Germans to secure Zeppelins to the ground moorings.

A type of bend knot used to join lines and cords, for its ability to maintain line strength and security, along with ease of release. Also known as the Rosendahl bend.


chain sinnet

Various types of chain knots made in a line or rope which, in its simplest form, is formed by pulling successive loops of the line through the previous loop. More complex sinnets can be produced using hitches, doubled loops and so on rather than simple loops. Used mainly to shorten the line or rope, or to make for easy storage. Also used for decorative purposes.


bowstring knot

A type of open loop knot often used to form a lariat, or for a bowstring end, as the name suggests.


honda knot

A type of open loop knot often used to form a lariat.


midshipman's hitch

midshipman's hitch (plural midshipman's hitches)

A secure semi-permanent adjustable loop hitch knot. Formed from a rolling hitch type 2 (ref Ashley 1735).


Flemish eye

(nautical) An eye splice formed by unlaying one strand of a rope's end and laying it up round the eye formed by the other portion of the rope's end.


electrician's knot

electrician's knot (plural electrician's knots)

A knot between two wires, immediately before the socket, to reduce strain on cables when they are pulled.