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up clinch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clinch may refer to: Nail (fastener) or device to hold in this way Clinching, in metalworking Clinch fighting...

or clinched after driving to prevent pulling out. The history of the nail is divided roughly into three distinct periods: Hand-wrought (forged) nail (pre-history...

The improved clinch knot, also known as the Salmon Knot, is a knot that is used for securing a fishing line to the fishing lure, but can also affix fishing...

Südtirol hosting Reggina in a one-match showdown, where Pierpaolo Bisoli's squad managed to clinch a nail-biting 1–0 victory with a late Daniele Casiraghi...

In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles or provide traction. Hobnailed boots (in Scotland...

A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot. The knot can be used to secure...

(/ˈboʊlɪn/ or /ˈboʊlaɪn/) is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie;...

The poldo tackle is a peculiar tension-applying and tension-releasing mechanism. List of knots Versatackle knot The complete guide to knots and knot tying...

oriental knot, Kent knot, or simple knot, is the simplest method of tying a necktie. Unlike the Four-in-hand knot and Windsor knot, the small knot is...

known as a collar during the Elizabethan era) is a knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person. This knot was typically used as a method...

A versatackle is a self-locking tensioning structure implemented in cordage. It consists of two loops with the rope passed back and forth between them...

referred to as a full Windsor (or misleadingly as a double Windsor) to distinguish it from the half-Windsor, is a knot used to tie a necktie. As with...

underwriter's knot is used in electrical wiring as strain relief to prevent a cable from being pulled from electrical terminals when the cable is yanked...

hitch is a knot similar to a rolling hitch or clove hitch, used to tie a rope or line to a pole, spar, or another line. It is tied similarly to a rolling...

and are composed of a slipped overhand knot, where a bight allows the knot to be released by pulling on an end; the working end for a slip knot, and the...

A braid (also referred to as a plait) is a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as textile...

A fireman's chair knot (also known as the chair knot, Man-O-War sheepshank, double fool's harness or the Shaw special) is a knot tied in the bight forming...

The Tugboat hitch (a.k.a. Backhanded mooring hitch or Lighterman's Hitch) is a knot ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch...

A marlinspike (/ˈmɑːrlɪnspaɪk/, sometimes spelled marlin spike, marlinespike, or [archaic] marlingspike) is a tool used in marine ropework. Shaped in...

knot which can be used as a mat or pad Cat's paw – connects a rope to an object Catshank – variant of the sheepshank, clinched by two overhand knots with...