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BARREL KNOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
Synonyms:
barrel knot; blood knot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barrel knot" is a kind of...):
knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)