| 单词 | half hitch |
| 例句 | Templeton seized the string, passed it around the end of the pig’s tail, and tied two half hitches. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Nye undid the cord; the knot, he was unhappy to see, was not the same as the half hitch that the killers had used when binding the Clutter family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, there was reason to suppose that all four had been bound by the same person: in all four instances the same type of knot, a half hitch, was used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Take a half hitch around that stump, and you’ll have her! Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z “No, but it makes me mad to hear kids that 76 don’t know a half hitch from a square knot talking about getting in the gunners’ class!” Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z Square the two nettles and take a half hitch with each. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z You cuts a round hole and then you takes half hitches all around it. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Joe slipped the rope over the mare mule's head, took a half hitch around a fence post, and stepped out of reach when the mule slashed at him with her yellowed teeth. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z No. 6's snare, fastened to No. 3 by two half hitches, then fastened to No. 3 by two half hitches, then fastened to seven or spring pole. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps They should be capable of tying knots needed in their work, such as a square knot, clove hitch, two half hitches, bowline, short splice and eye splice. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Pedro made the mistake, about this time, of tying a burro to a tree with two half hitches, which, when the burro tugged, were all but impossible to undo. Unexplored! In conjunction with half hitches, as later explained, it makes a good hitch for a bucking horse. Camp and Trail Then with parts a and b form a half hitch round the two parts of the bight as in Fig. Knots, Bends, Splices With tables of strengths of ropes, etc. and wire rigging He unloosed the half hitches that held it to the cleat, threw off all but one figure-eight turn, and let the anchor line run out slowly. The Flying Stingaree Wind ribbing spirally around the body and tie off with two turns and a half hitch of tying silk as Fig. How to Tie Flies Tie four out of the following knots: square or reef, sheet-bend, bowline, fisherman's, sheepshank, halter, clove hitch, timber hitch, or two half hitches. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 This forms a half hitch, below which hangs the cinch. Camp and Trail When used for hauling spars, a half hitch is added near the end of the spar, Fig. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition When he estimated about fifty feet had run through, he put on more figure eights around the cleat, then dropped half hitches over to secure the line. The Flying Stingaree Finish with two or three half hitches and a drop of head lacquer, Fig. How to Tie Flies Gather up the amount to be shortened, then make a half hitch round each of the bends as shown in the diagram. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 When leading the dogs, the Esquimaux take a half hitch with the trace round their necks to prevent their pulling, and the same plan is followed when a sledge is left without a keeper. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage The cable is passed down the inclined trench, takes several round turns on the log, and is fastened to it by half hitches and marlin stopping, Figs. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Then I stick a stick down in the bank, two or three feet long, and take a half hitch around the top. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri It consists in making two long bights in a rope, which shall overlay one another; then taking a half hitch over the end of each bight, with the standing part, which is next to it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It consists of two turns around a spar or ring, then a half hitch around the standing part and through the turns on the spar, and another half hitch above it around the standing part. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Yes, sir; I thought it was all over with him when the snake made those half hitches about his corpus and I heard his bones crack. Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco And, as I'm all ready except another half hitch to my white tie, I'm elected. Torchy, Private Sec. Mighty Mardo broke out of his showcase about an hour ago, took a couple of half hitches around the Admiral and crushed him to death.' The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Two half hitches round a spar or rope. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Passing it under her arms and putting two secure half hitches on it, he signaled again to haul away. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Now and then a farmer comes out of a store, takes a half hitch on the muffler around his neck, puts on his bearskin gloves and unties his rig. Homeburg Memories He must have made that half hitch carelessly. Ralph Granger's Fortunes It seems he didn't half hitch Prince, who got oneasy like, and started for home. Tempest and Sunshine He led his pony quickly to the edge, took two half hitches of the rope about the pommel of the saddle, then shouted once more to his man. The Furnace of Gold The weight of the animal dragged me forward and, had I not taken a half hitch round a dead snag, would have lifted me off my feet or pulled the lasso from my hands. Tales of lonely trails Instantly the old man slipped the running noose over one of the lad's wrists, took a couple of half hitches about his other wrist, and knotted the cord. Son of Tarzan "I'd rather by half hitch up myself," began Cyrus; but his wife turned upon him, at the word, bundled him into the kitchen, and shut the door upon him. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life The buckskin thong terminating this portion of the string made it easier to tie in several half hitches. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow At the first sound of disaster he had snapped his rope strap, freed his rope and taken two half hitches round the horn. The Heart of the Range "One running noose and twice two half hitches on each package." The Postmaster's Daughter "Buck, you put a couple of half hitches about them kids." The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings The Indian, his bronze muscles rippling, close-hauled on the rope, making half hitches round his bony wrist. Heritage of the Desert "It's what a sailor calls two half hitches," commented Hart instantly. The Postmaster's Daughter |
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