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  2. Casement stay - Wikipedia

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    The peg type casement stay has one or two pins or pegs inside the rebate. The stay is a metal bar with holes that fit onto the peg, and allow the sash window to be held open in various positions. The peg nearest the hinge can then be used as a fulcrum. Disadvantages of peg type stays are that the stay handle may protrude dangerously into the room.

  3. Taut-line hitch - Wikipedia

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    These knots are generally shown as being based on one of three underlying hitches: two variants of the rolling hitch (ABOK #1734 and #1735) and the Magnus hitch (#1736). These three closely related hitches have a long and muddled naming history that leads to ambiguity in the naming of their adjustable loop forms as well. The use of the Ashley ...

  4. Figure-eight knot - Wikipedia

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    The figure-eight knot or figure-of-eight knot is a type of stopper knot. It is very important in both sailing and rock climbing as a method of stopping ropes from running out of retaining devices. Like the overhand knot , which will jam under strain, often requiring the rope to be cut, the figure-eight will also jam, but is usually more easily ...

  5. List of knot terminology - Wikipedia

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    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, running the end of the rope around the fixed object, and then threading the rope back through and around the figure-8 knot to create the final figure-8 ...

  6. Trucker's hitch - Wikipedia

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    The most reliable common variation uses a fixed loop, such as an alpine butterfly loop, artillery loop, figure-eight loop or directional figure-eight loop, or another of many suitable loop knots. [4] [15] If a fixed loop is used repeatedly for tying the trucker's hitch in the same portion of rope, excessive wear or other damage may be suffered ...

  7. Silt fence - Wikipedia

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    Silt fence installed on a construction site. Silt fences are often installed as perimeter controls. They are typically used in combination with sediment basins and sediment traps, as well as with erosion controls, which are designed to retain sediment in place where soil is being disturbed by construction processes (i.e., land grading and other earthworks).

  8. Reever Knot - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between the Reever Knot and the Vice Versa Bend was first pointed out by Clements In his 2004 article "The Vice Versa Bend and the Reever Knot". [1] His analysis of the symmetry of the two forms of the knot led him to suggest that the Reever Knot, being completely symmetric, is the better version of the knot.

  9. Fencing rules - Wikipedia

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    This system is sometimes called "dry" fencing (USA) or "steam" (United Kingdom, Australia) fencing. When any of the judges thinks they saw a hit, that judge raises their hand. The president ( referee or director ) then stops the bout and reviews the relevant phases of the action, polling the judges at each stage to determine whether there was a ...