"granny knot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: granny knots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} granny knot (plural granny knots)
  1. A knot similar to the reef knot but crossed the opposite way. Wikipedia link: granny knot Categories (topical): Knots Translations (knot): babský uzel [masculine] (Czech), křížová spojka [feminine] (Czech), křížový uzel [masculine] (Czech), křížák [masculine] (Czech), kællingeknude [common-gender] (Danish), ämmänsolmu (Finnish), nœud de vache [masculine] (French), dol ciotach [masculine] (Irish), noeud en tchu d'poulain [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), Wiewaknoppen [masculine] (Plautdietsch), ба́бий у́зел (bábij úzel) [masculine] (Russian), женски чвор [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ženski čvor [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), käringknut [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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