inactive part of a rope (contrast with running end and working end).
standing part (Wikipedia)
Some knots
- Yarn knot (ABoK #2688)
- Manrope knot (ABoK #847)
- Granny knot (ABoK #1206)
- Wall and crown knot (ABoK #670, #671)
- Matthew Walker's knot (ABoK #681)
- Shroud knot ABoK #1580)
- Turk's head knot (ABoK #1278-#1397)
- Overhand knot, Figure-of-eight knot (ABoK #514, #520)
- Reef knot, Square knot (ABoK #1402)
- Two half-hitches (ABoK #54)
Artwork with different knots.
A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be useful or decorative. Practical knots may be classified as hitches, bends, splices, or knots. A hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend unites two rope ends; a splice is a multi-strand bend or loop. A knot in the strictest sense serves as a stopper or knob at the end of a rope to keep that end from slipping through a grommet or eye. Knots have excited interest since ancient times for their practical uses, as well as their topological intricacy, studied in the area of mathematics known as knot theory.