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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| clove hitch |
| NOUN: | A knot used to secure a line to a spar, post, or other object, consisting of two half hitches made in opposite directions. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English clove, split, past participle of cleven, to split. See cleave1. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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