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Meanings of granny knot in inglês

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nudo corredizo

A reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure.

nudo corredizo
Usage of granny knot in inglês
1
It was a granny knot and almost impossible to unravel.
Shadows in the twilight
2
Jack Cranch ain't the man to tie a granny knot.
On the Frontier
3
When I squatted and leaned into the tank, my stomach went into a granny knot.
Grave Secrets
4
My stomach was tied in a granny knot.
Death du Jour
5
I was still wearing my hair piled on top of my head in a granny knot.
Escape
6
The bell rang again as she struggled to undo the granny knot she had tied at her back.
The ice princess
7
Don't use a granny knot or a thief knot, as either will come loose right at a critical moment in the downclimb.
Climbing Magazine
8
No; neither of us knew any knots except the ordinary overhand and granny knots.
Jim Davis
9
The smoke ties her bronchial passages into granny knots.
Snow Crash
10
We both tried, and both made granny knots, with the ends sticking out at right angles to the rest of the yarn.
Jim Davis
11
"A granny knot always comes untied," explained Chapa.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
12
It'll tie the Robling office into granny knots, and scabs won't be able to get any more data out of the machines than Torkleson could.
Meeting of the Board
Translations for granny knot