blood knot
- noun
- /blʌd nɑt/
- Specialized
:
nudo de sangre
Examples
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This is called a blood knot.
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You have to make nine ropes with three blood knots on each.
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The unbreakable blood knot.
Fiction book (1995) -
Over three days, I learned how to tie double blood knots and needle knots and how, in order to assure a good presentation of the fly, the leader must roll out "sweet as a Bach cantata" over the water.
Fiction book (1998) -
The fisherman used a blood knot to connect his two lines securely.
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To join the tippet to the leader, you should tie a blood knot for maximum strength.
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He demonstrated how to tie a blood knot for attaching the fly line to the backing.
Synonyms
1
8.6
A knot people who fish use to join two lines by wrapping the ends together
1
6.1
A way of tying two fishing lines together so they hold well
A way of joining two ropes used as a symbol of love
A knot used to join the ends of two ropes so they stay together
A strong knot for joining the ends of two thick ropes
A strong knot used to join the ends of two large ropes often on ships
Surface Forms
Morphology
blood + knot
The constituent 'knot' clearly signals that this is a type of knot, so a B1 learner would at least infer the general category. However, the modifier 'blood' does not transparently indicate the specific function (a particular fishing knot for joining two lines) and is specialized jargon, so the precise meaning cannot be fully derived from the parts.
Etymology
The knot blood knot may get its name from the way two thin fishing lines are wrapped tightly together so they look like two little blood threads tied in a knot. That's why the name fits a strong tie for 'joining' two lines.