Glossary

Bight: A curve or loop taken in a line when the loop is not at one of the ends.

Bitter end: The end of a line or rope.

Bend: Construction that connects two ropes.

Bosun's Chair: Sling or seat used to hoist a person.

Capsize: This is when a knot turns over or distorts.

Fid: Tapered pin used to splice rope.

Frapping turns: Turns used to bind lines together.

Lay: The construction of the rope, the direction it is twisted.

Marlinspike: A tapered pin or spike use to splice, knot, etc...

Round turn: Two turns around an object.

Serve: To wrap or cover with a tight cover.

Sheath: The cover in double braid or other multipart rope.

Standing part: The main part of the line, the inactive part of the line.

Strand: Fibers are twisted into yarns, yarns are combined into

Thimble: The round eye used to prevent chafe in an eye when splicing .

Whip: To bind the end of a rope with twine.

Working end: Quite literally the end of the rope you are working with. The part you are knotting, splicing, etc...

Yarns: Are twisted from fibers and are in turn made into strands, which are made into rope.