blackwall hitch

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   a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook

   Broaderhitch

Questions about blackwall hitch

What does blackwall hitch mean?

blackwall hitch means "a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook".

Is blackwall hitch a common word?

blackwall hitch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.