Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackwall hitch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: black-wal-l hitch
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A means of fastening a rope to a hook: a turn of the rope, either the end or the middle, around the hook, having the part the strain is on riding over the loose part, with the bight well up on the back of the hook.

Inflected Forms

Blackwall hitches (plural)

Questions

What does blackwall hitch mean?: A means of fastening a rope to a hook: a turn of the rope, either the end or the middle, around the hook, having the part the strain is on riding over the loose part, with the bight well up on the back of the hook.

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