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  2. Stafford knot - Wikipedia

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    These arms, which represent the traditional Stafford arms with the addition of the knot, is still the flag of Staffordshire (albeit with the knot changed from white to gold). [4] [1] [6] Future earls of Stafford retained the knot for use on heraldic badges, although the exact date of use is unknown. Early heraldic badges are poorly recorded ...

  3. Noose - Wikipedia

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    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 a rope to a post, pole, or animal but only where the end is in a position that the loop can be passed over.

  4. Glossary of vexillology - Wikipedia

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    A style of flag display where the flag is flown at least the width of the flag between the top of the flag and the top of the pole. Typically used as a display of mourning or rememberence. Hoist The act or function of raising a flag, as on a rope. Lower The act or function of taking down a flag, as on a rope.

  5. List of knot terminology - Wikipedia

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    An example is the figure-eight loop knot, which can be tied in the bight, by tying a figure-eight knot using a bight instead of the end of the rope. However, tying the knot this way does not allow putting the loop around a fixed object like a tree; to do that, the knot must be tied in a two-stage process by first tying a figure-eight knot ...

  6. Overhand knot - Wikipedia

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    The overhand knot is a stopper, especially when used alone, and hence it is very secure, to the point of jamming badly. It should be used if the knot is intended to be permanent. It is often used to prevent the end of a rope from unraveling. An overhand knot becomes a trefoil knot, a true knot in the mathematical sense, by joining the ends. It ...

  7. Halyard - Wikipedia

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    Sailors hauling a halyard. In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard.The term "halyard" derives from the Middle English halier ("rope to haul with"), with the last syllable altered by association with the English unit of measure "yard". [1]