flat knot


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flat knot

n
(Knots) another name for reef knot
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.flat knot - a square knot used in a reef lineflat knot - a square knot used in a reef line  
reef knot
granny knot, granny - a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
square knot - a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
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Avalon's Indochine rugs are woven on French vertical looms using a symmetrical flat knot. The initial collection is called Millennium and consists of two patterns.
From Vietnam, via Avalon

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