granny knot

noun

: an insecure knot often made instead of a square knot see knot illustration

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This story has been updated with photos of both a granny knot and a square knot. —

John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2021 An earlier version included a photo of a square knot misidentified as a granny knot. —

John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2021 Starting with the simple reef and granny knots, the team studied where high pressure was occurring and used that information to generalize. —

Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2020 His example is the reef (or square) knot compared with the inferior granny knot. —

Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2020

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