Definitions for timber-hitch

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IPA: /ˈtɪm bərˌhɪtʃ/

Timber-Hitch is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 326 anagrams from letters in timber-hitch (-bcehhiimrtt).

Definitions for timber-hitch

noun

  1. a knot or hitch on a spar or the like, made by taking a turn on the object, wrapping the end around the standing part of the rope, then several times around itself.

verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten by means of a timber hitch.

Origin of timber-hitch

First recorded in 1880-85

Examples for timber-hitch

A timber-hitch; when tightened the line binds around the timber so that it will not slip.

When you want a temporary fastening, secure yet easily undone, make a timber-hitch (Fig. 70).

We put a timber-hitch round the body of the mine and hung the hitch up with strands to two of the horns.

The timber-hitch should be kept in place on the bow, and the bowline-knot slipped back on the bow when it is unstrung.

A timber-hitch had better have the loose end twisted more than once, if the rope be stiff.

Word Value for timber-hitch
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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