clove hitch
noun
- a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice round a spar or another rope that it crosses at right angles in such a way that both ends pass under the loop of rope at the front丁香结, 卷结, 酒瓶结。
词源
mid 18th cent.: clove, past tense of CLEAVE1 (because the rope appears as separate parallel lines at the back of the knot).