overhand knot

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   a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)

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Questions about overhand knot

What does overhand knot mean?

overhand knot means "a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)".

Is overhand knot a common word?

overhand knot 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.