Definitions
tie or fasten into a knot
Word origin
From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”).
Used in a sentence
“Climbers must make sure that all knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.”
“The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.”
“Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art / In beds and curious knots, but nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rope tie”4 letters
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