| Becket hitch | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Category | Hitch |
| Related | Sheet bend, Bowline |
| Typical use | A hitch made on an eye loop |
| ABoK | #73, #297, #298, #334, #1475, #1900, #1902, #1915, #2008, #2152 |
A becket hitch, including the double becket or figure-of-eight becket hitch, is any hitch that is made on an eye loop, i.e. on a becket.[1][2] A becket hitch has the same structure as the sheet bend, which joins, or "bends", the ends of two ropes together. The becket hitch, in contrast, fixes a rope to a closed eye or hook.[3] In this instance, a becket means the eye or hook of a pulley block, an eye in the end of a rope, or a rope handle on a sailor's sea chest.
- ^ "Marlinspike Seamanship". Ship468.org. 2008. Archived from the original (PowerPoint) on 2011-10-07.
- ^ Budworth, Geoffrey (September 2002). "Becket hitch". The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knots. see image on page 59, showing 2 bends in figure-of-eight line. ISBN 9781585746262.
- ^ Ashley, Clifford W. (1944), The Ashley Book of Knots, New York: Doubleday, p. 18