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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-HITCH

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Half-Hitch is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HALF-HITCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

half-hitch

Half hitch

The half hitch is a simple overhand knot, where the working end of a line is brought over and under the standing part. Insecure on its own, it is a valuable component of a wide variety of useful and reliable hitches, bends, and knots. Two successive half hitches tied around an object makes up the common clove hitch. Two successive half hitches tied around the standing part a rope is known as two-half-hitches or double half hitch. One instance where a half hitch stands on its own without additional embellishment is when added to a timber hitch to help stabilize a load in the direction of pull. A timber hitch is tied on the far end of the load to bind it securely and a half hitch made at the forward end to serve as a guide for the rope. In this instance, the half hitch combined with a timber hitch is known as a killick hitch or kelleg hitch. The knot is attractive to the eye and so is used decoratively for French whipping which is also known as half hitch whipping.

Definition of half-hitch in the English dictionary

The definition of half-hitch in the dictionary is a knot made by passing the end of a piece of rope around itself and through the loop thus made.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-HITCH

half-formed
half-forward
half-frame
half-frozen
half-full
half-grown
half-hardy
half-hearted
half-heartedly
half-heartedness
half-hoping
half-hose
half-hour
half-hourly
half-human
half-hunter
half-inch
half-jack
half-joking
half-jokingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-HITCH

bitch
Blackwall hitch
clove hitch
fitch
glitch
harness hitch
hitch
magnus hitch
mitch
on-off switch
pitch
rolling hitch
son of a bitch
stitch
switch
timber hitch
twitch
unhitch
weaver´s hitch
witch

Synonyms and antonyms of half-hitch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «half-hitch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-HITCH

Find out the translation of half-hitch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-hitch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-hitch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半顺利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio nudo
570 millions of speakers

English

half-hitch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा अड़चन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف عقبة -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наполовину устройство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meio de engate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ-ঝিঁকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-clé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah halangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hälfte-Haken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフヒッチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 차질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah alangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa xô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை உறுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धवट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım aksaklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzo-intoppo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół - Hak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наполовину пристрій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate zgudui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισή αναποδιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- haakplek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv - hake
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvstikk
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-HITCH»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-hitch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-HITCH»

Discover the use of half-hitch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-hitch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Half Hitch
Donald Junkins. HALF HITCH Donald Junkins Half Hitch Copyright © 2010 by Donald Junkins All rights. iUniverse, Inc. New York Bloomington ISBN: 978-1- 4502-0280-0 (ebk) Printed in the United States of America.
Donald Junkins, 2010
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U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook
Precisely written, profusely illustrated, and completely authoritative, this is an essential book for anyone—soldier or civilian—looking for knowledge that could prove to be the difference between life and death in a dangerous situation ...
United States Air Force, 2013
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The Principles of Knitting
To work this cast-on edge, the only modification required in the basic technique is to wrap the yarn and/or pick up the strand for the half-hitch in a slightly different way. Nevertheless, there are a surprising number of variations on this slight ...
June Hemmons Hiatt, 2012
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Operative Arthroscopy
The biggest problem with the static knot as tied by the single-lumen knot tier is the propensity for the tissue loop to loosen before the second half-hitch is seated to the point at which it provisionally "locks" the knot. One of us (SSB) has devised a ...
John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, 2003
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The Ordnance Manual for the Use of the Officers of the ...
1st Method: Make two half- hitches near to each other, but in contrary directions ; that is, if the free end of one half-hitch cross above that part of the rope which is between the half-hitches, the free part of the other half-hitch must cross under ...
United States. Army. Ordnance Dept, Theodore Thaddeus Sobieski Laidley, 1862
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Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities and Illustrated ...
This is called a Half- hitch. Two of these, one above the other, Fig. 42 is called a Clove- hitch. Fig. 43 represents a half-hitch around a spar ; Fig. 44 Plate 7, a clove-hitch, with a ratline around a shroud. To make a Timber-Hitch, Fig. 4G, Plate 7.
Stephen Bleecker Luce, 1863
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Mod Knots: Creating Jewelry and Accessories with Macrame
Knot each of strands 34–24 to it with a double half hitch knot. Take strand 36 and lay it over strands 37–47 and repeat this process. Set aside the two strands at each end of the diamond formation. Take the four outermost strands from either ...
Cathi Milligan, 2009
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Arthroscopic Knot Tying: An Instruction Manual
Another modification of Tera and Aberg's original nomenclature included the symbol (#) which represent post switching accompanied by a reversed half hitch ( 10). This symbol has not been readily adopted in the arthroscopic literature. Instead ...
Keith M. Baumgarten, Rick W. Wright, 2005
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Easy Beaded Ornaments
Go through 2-3 beads in the ring and make a half-hitch knot (see "Basics") around the ring thread. Repeat 2-3 times and end by going through 2-3 beads. Seal the knots and trim the tail. O Wax 3 yd. (2.7m) of thread. Tie one end onto the ring ...
Kalmbach Publishing Company, Books Division, 2004
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A Boaters Guide to Boating
The oldest version - from a sixty year old seaman's manual - shows the second half hitch the other way. My oldest personal reference was a book published in the year of my own birth (coincidentally) and does not therefore quite have the ...
Chris N. Deuchar, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-HITCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-hitch is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ashes 2015, England v Australia, first Test - live: England aim for …
Wood begins with his Bob Beamon half-hitch to Shane Watson who takes a single off the second ball. He either backs Nathan Lyon, thinks it's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
England v Australia - live: Hosts in command as tourists are skittled …
Wood begins with his Bob Beamon half-hitch to Shane Watson who takes a single off the second ball. He either backs Nathan Lyon, thinks it's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
England v Australia - live: Adam Lyth and Ian Bell lead charge after …
Wood begins with his Bob Beamon half-hitch to Shane Watson who takes a single off the second ball. He either backs Nathan Lyon, thinks it's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
The benefits of catching bonitos
"If people just want to see a shark, I'll take a 25-foot rope and tie a half-hitch around the bonito's tail. Anywhere from a 200- to 500-pound bull ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
The squeezing cure
“Cattle texts dating back to the 1950s actually describe a half-hitch rope system for putting on a calf that will cause him to flop down and lie there,” says Madigan. «EQUUS Magazine, Jul 15»
6
State Rodeo Finals gets off to soggy start
To the Tie Down Roping, Carson Johnston throws out the loops, makes the catch, two loops and the half-hitch. 11.53 seconds. ----- Bulls, Jake ... «KEVN Black Hills Fox, Jun 15»
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Dining Out: Black Pearl Seafood Bar top-notch addition to 104th Street
All were top-notch (knot?), without a half-hitch. There is love and family pride in the cooking here, make no mistake. Things began with a bottle ... «Edmonton Journal, Jun 15»
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Having a good time doesn't change much through the ages
Then I showed them how to make a half-hitch knot. I use a ball of string, I brought three sets of scissors, and had each student cut a good size ... «Cape Breton Post, May 15»
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Society for Creative Anachronism spins wool as part of medieval re …
The already-spun yarn gets wrapped around the base of the spindle and tied in a half-hitch around the dowel. When spinning, the dowel hangs ... «Juneau Empire, Apr 15»
10
Big Macks steal show at piers
The fishing was already good with the warming weather, said Chris Mitchell, the ecommerce manager for Half-Hitch Tackle who also helps with ... «The News Herald, Apr 15»

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