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   clove hitch

   /ˈklōv ˌhiCH/

   noun

   • 1. a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice around a spar or another rope that it crosses at right angles in such a way that both ends pass under the loop of rope at the front.

   Word Origin mid 18th century: clove, past tense of cleave1 (because the rope appears as separate parallel lines at the back of the knot).

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