Whipping knot
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title:
Whipping knot
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A whipping knot or whipping is a binding of marline twine or whipcord around the end of a rope to prevent its natural tendency to fray. Some whippings are finished cleanly, as by drawing the bitter end of the cordage beneath the whipping itself. Others are tied off or have the end(s) of the twine sewn through the rope. According to The Ashley Book of Knots, "The purpose of a whipping is to prevent the end of a rope from fraying ... A whipping should be, in width, about equal to the diameter of t
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Binding around the end of a rope to prevent it from fraying
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_knot
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2024-01-16T19:36:33Z
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