Its origin is nautical, having to do with a securing line with an eye on one end and a knot at the other. The knotted end was called the becket end. A sheet bend (becket bend) is a knot which attached two lines together. It has nothing to do with Thomas a Becket. P Paul Interesting explanation. Below is Wikipedia's answer. But it still doesn't explain where term "becket" came from. My dictionary doesn't give an origin of the term. It just gives an explanation of the word, similar to the one below. Any one? Wim Sheet bend >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Becket bend) Jump to: navigation, search Sheet bend Names Sheet bend, becket bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch Category Bend Related Bowline Typical use joining two ropes of different diameters ABoK (simple) #1, #1431; (double) #488, #1434; (weaver's) #2, #485; The Sheet bend (also known as becket bend, weaver's knot and weaver's hitch) is a bend which binds two ropes together or a rope to a sheet corner. Doubled, it is effective binding lines of different diameter or rigidity securely. The sheet bend is related in structure to the bowline. It is very fast to tie, and along with the bowline and clove hitch is considered so essential it is knot №1 in the Ashley Book of Knots.[1] It is a more secure replacement for the reef knot (square knot), especially in i ts doubled variety.[2] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091006/37e7e485/attachment.htm>
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