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Cuckold's knot

Cuck′old’s knotˊ

(k?k′?ldz n?tˊ)

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(Naut.)

A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; – called also

cuckold’s neck

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Ham. Nav. Encyc.