A simple type of hitch knot, most often used in boating, to tie a smaller line to a larger line.

plural of trailer hitch

plural of cow hitch

A category of knot tied around another rope, which allows the hitch to be moved up and down the other rope, but which remains stationary when a load is placed on it.

A hitch used to draw a trailer with a car or a traction engine.

(colloquial, intransitive) To get married, to wed.

(nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip

A hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object, comprising a pair of half hitches tied in opposing directions. / Any hitch or bend which slips because it is wrongly tied.

plural of clove hitch

(knots) A knot or hitch made by passing the end of the rope once around the standing part or other rope.