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knot</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:TurleKnot.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/TurleKnot.JPG/220px-TurleKnot.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/TurleKnot.JPG/330px-TurleKnot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/TurleKnot.JPG/440px-TurleKnot.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1442" data-file-height="975" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Turle knot as described in 1886</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Names</th><td class="infobox-data">Turle knot, Major Turle's Knot</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Typical use</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">Fishing</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>turle knot</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Knot" title="Knot">knot</a> used while <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> for tying a <a href="/wiki/Fish_hook" title="Fish hook">hook</a> or <a href="/wiki/Artificial_fly" title="Artificial fly">fly</a> to a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_(fishing)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leader (fishing) (page does not exist)">leader</a>. It is named after Major <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Greer_Turle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Greer Turle (page does not exist)">William Greer Turle</a>, a 19th-century <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">angler</a> who popularized the knot but did not claim to have invented it. Turle was a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Frederic_M._Halford" title="Frederic M. Halford">Frederic M. Halford</a> and fished the <a href="/wiki/Chalkstream" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalkstream">chalkstreams</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> with Halford in the late 19th century and was an early pioneer in the use of eyed <a href="/wiki/Fish_hook" title="Fish hook">hooks</a> for fly fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has sometimes, wrongly, been referred to as the turtle knot.<sup id="cite_ref-budcomp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-budcomp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>H. Cholmondeley-Pennell is his 1886 edition of <i>Modern Improvements in Fishing Tackle and Fish Hooks</i> described the Turle Knot thus: </p> <blockquote> <p>For attachment to a bare hook I have been hitherto in the habit of using a very ingenious knot invented by Major Turle, and known under his name.* Attached to the turn-down eyed hook it answers excellently well, as I can testify from experience, having used nothing else for many weeks in sea and river fishing, when the catch amounted to some thousands of whiting, mackerel, gurnets, flat-fish, &c., and also in legering and float-fishing on the Thames and Norfolk Broads for bream, roach, barbel, chub, perch, and gudgeon.<sup id="cite_ref-Pennell_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pennell-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Turle_knot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_knots" title="List of knots">List of knots</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Turle_knot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHayter2002" class="citation book cs1">Hayter, Tony (2002). <i>F.M. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_binding_knots" title="List of binding knots">Binding</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boa_knot" title="Boa knot">Boa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_sling" title="Bottle sling">Bottle sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constrictor_knot" title="Constrictor knot">Constrictor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corned_beef_knot" title="Corned beef knot">Corned beef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granny_knot" title="Granny knot">Granny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground-line_hitch" title="Ground-line hitch">Ground-line hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamming_knot" title="Jamming knot">Jamming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_knot" title="Miller's knot">Miller's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packer%27s_knot" title="Packer's knot">Packer's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reef_knot" title="Reef knot">Reef</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Double_bowline" title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmer%27s_loop" title="Farmer's loop">Farmer's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_knot" title="Figure-eight knot">Figure-eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_loop" title="Figure-eight loop">Figure-eight loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-of-nine_loop" title="Figure-of-nine loop">Figure-of-nine loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">Friction hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klemheist_knot" title="Klemheist knot">Klemheist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">Munter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noose" title="Noose">Noose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prusik" title="Prusik">Prusik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_loop" title="Trident loop">Trident loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_bowline" title="Yosemite bowline">Yosemite bowline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coiling" title="Coiling">Coils</a> &<br /> shanks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chain_sinnet" title="Chain sinnet">Chain sinnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheepshank" title="Sheepshank">Sheepshank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_decorative_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of decorative knots">Decorative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_mat" title="Carrick mat">Carrick mat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_button_knot" title="Chinese button knot">Chinese button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_button_knot" title="Celtic button knot">Celtic button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_knot" title="Diamond knot">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot" title="Friendship knot">Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotted-pile_carpet" title="Knotted-pile carpet">Ghiordes & Senneh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Walker_knot" title="Matthew Walker knot">Matthew Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turk%27s_head_knot" title="Turk's head knot">Turk's head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_and_crown_knot" title="Wall and crown knot">Wall and crown</a> (triple crown knot)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">Fishing <br />(angling)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angler%27s_loop" title="Angler's loop">Angler's loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbor_knot" title="Arbor knot">Arbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimini_twist" title="Bimini twist">Bimini twist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_knot" title="Blood knot">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_knot" title="Fisherman's knot">Fisherman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_clinch_knot" title="Improved clinch knot">Improved clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knotless_knot" title="Knotless knot">Knotless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nail_knot" title="Nail knot">Nail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palomar_knot" title="Palomar knot">Palomar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snell_knot" title="Snell knot">Snell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilene_knot" title="Trilene knot">Trilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_fisherman%27s_knot" title="Triple fisherman's knot">Triple fisherman's</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Turle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uni_knot" title="Uni knot">Uni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hitch_knots" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hitch knots">Hitches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjustable_grip_hitch" title="Adjustable grip hitch">Adjustable grip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchor_bend" title="Anchor bend">Anchor bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axle_hitch" title="Axle hitch">Axle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachmann_knot" title="Bachmann knot">Bachmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bale_sling_hitch" title="Bale sling hitch">Bale sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_hitch" title="Barrel hitch">Barrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becket_hitch" title="Becket hitch">Becket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall_hitch" title="Blackwall hitch">Blackwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake%27s_hitch" title="Blake's hitch">Blake's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom_hitch" title="Boom hitch">Boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntline_hitch" title="Buntline hitch">Buntline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_paw_(knot)" title="Cat's paw (knot)">Cat's paw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clove_hitch" title="Clove hitch">Clove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_hitch" title="Cow hitch">Cow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distel_hitch" title="Distel hitch">Distel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_noose" title="Double overhand noose">Double overhand noose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconer%27s_knot" title="Falconer's knot">Falconer's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrimond_friction_hitch" title="Farrimond friction hitch">Farrimond friction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_friction_hitch_knots" title="List of friction hitch knots">Friction hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garda_hitch" title="Garda hitch">Garda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground-line_hitch" title="Ground-line hitch">Ground-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_hitch" title="Half hitch">Half</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highpoint_hitch" title="Highpoint hitch">Highpoint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highwayman%27s_hitch" title="Highwayman's hitch">Highwayman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitching_tie" title="Hitching tie">Hitching tie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icicle_hitch" title="Icicle hitch">Icicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_clinch_knot" title="Improved clinch knot">Improved clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killick_hitch" title="Killick hitch">Killick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knute_hitch" title="Knute hitch">Knute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster_buoy_hitch" title="Lobster buoy hitch">Lobster buoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinespike_hitch" title="Marlinespike hitch">Marlinespike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">Munter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossel_hitch" title="Ossel hitch">Ossel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_hitch" title="Pile hitch">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipe_hitch" title="Pipe hitch">Pipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_hitch" title="Sailor's hitch">Sailor's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snuggle_hitch" title="Snuggle hitch">Snuggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swing_hitch" title="Swing hitch">Swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taut-line_hitch" title="Taut-line hitch">Taut-line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_hitch" title="Timber hitch">Timber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucker%27s_hitch" title="Trucker's hitch">Trucker's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumble_hitch" title="Tumble hitch">Tumble</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loop_(knot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loop (knot)">Loop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angler%27s_loop" title="Angler's loop">Angler's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_loop" title="Artillery loop">Artillery loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bale_sling_hitch" title="Bale sling hitch">Bale sling hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowline" title="Bowline">Bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumper_knot" title="Bumper knot">Bumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_bend_loop" title="Carrick bend loop">Carrick bend loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossack_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Cossack knot">Cossack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_bowline" title="Cowboy bowline">Cowboy bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_knot" title="Diamond knot">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_bowline" title="Double bowline">Double bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dropper_loop" title="Dropper loop">Dropper loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskimo_bowline" title="Eskimo bowline">Eskimo bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiador_knot" title="Fiador knot">Fiador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fireman%27s_chair_knot" title="Fireman's chair knot">Fireman's chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship_knot_loop" title="Friendship knot loop">Friendship knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halter_hitch" title="Halter hitch">Halter hitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handcuff_knot" title="Handcuff knot">Handcuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_knot" title="Honda knot">Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jury_mast_knot" title="Jury mast knot">Jury mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_loop" title="Overhand loop">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_bowline" title="Portuguese bowline">Portuguese bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigid_double_splayed_loop_in_the_bight" title="Rigid double splayed loop in the bight">Rigid double splayed loop in the bight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slippery_eight_loop" title="Slippery eight loop">Slippery eight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Span_loop" title="Span loop">Span</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_bowline" title="Spanish bowline">Spanish bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_fool%27s_knot" title="Tom fool's knot">Tom fool's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_loop" title="Trident loop">Trident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_bowline" title="Triple bowline">Triple bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bowline" title="Water bowline">Water bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_bowline" title="Yosemite bowline">Yosemite bowline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_loop" title="Zeppelin loop">Zeppelin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slip_knot" title="Slip knot">Running<br /> (slip)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hangman%27s_knot" title="Hangman's knot">Hangman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_bowline" title="Running bowline">Running bowline</a></li> <li>Running highwayman's hitch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarbuck_knot" title="Tarbuck knot">Tarbuck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rope_splicing" title="Rope splicing">Splices</a> &<br /> splicing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eye_splice" title="Eye splice">Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fid" title="Fid">Fid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlinspike" title="Marlinspike">Marlinspike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rat-tail_splice" title="Rat-tail splice">Rat-tail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-splice" title="T-splice">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Union_splice" title="Western Union splice">Western Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stopper_knot" title="Stopper knot">Stopper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashley%27s_stopper_knot" title="Ashley's stopper knot">Ashley's stopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_knot" title="Button knot">Button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_overhand_knot" title="Double overhand knot">Double overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure-eight_knot" title="Figure-eight knot">Figure-eight knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey%27s_fist" title="Monkey's fist">Monkey's fist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot" title="Overhand knot">Overhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevedore_knot" title="Stevedore knot">Stevedore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Whipping_knot" title="Whipping knot">Whipping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_whipping" title="Common whipping">Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overhand_knot_with_draw-loop" title="Overhand knot with draw-loop">Overhand knot with draw-loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_whipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese whipping">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailmaker%27s_whipping" title="Sailmaker's whipping">Sailmaker's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Country_whipping" title="West Country whipping">West Country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Lists_of_knotsRelated_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Lists of knots</li><li>Related topics</li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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