half hitch

1. 1.

   a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double

   Broaderknot

Questions about half hitch

What does half hitch mean?

half hitch means "a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double".

Is half hitch a common word?

half 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.