Found 2 items, similar to carrick bend.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: carrick bend
carrick bend
n : a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or
hawsers
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Carrick bend
Carrick
\Car"rick\, n. (Naut.)
A carack. See
Carack.
[1913 Webster]
Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending
together hawsers or other ropes.
Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the
windlass. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]