Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
noeud de piton
English translation:
Turk's head knot
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Nov 3, 2014 23:58
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French term
noeud de piton
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Its a sailing knot. The image can be found at
http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jp-perroud.com...
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http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jp-perroud.com...
Thank you
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Turk's head knot
Nom anglais: turk's head (3x5)
Thème: Les noeuds décoratifs
Autres appellations: La rosace, Noeud de piton
http://www.lesnoeuds.com/noeud-152-bonnet-turc-3x5.html
See here for image comparison:
http://www.surreyknots.org.uk/1-turk's-head-5x3-and-hit...
http://www.surreyknots.org.uk/53-turk's-head-4-bight-3-...
The knot is used primarily for decoration and occasionally as anti-chafing protection. A notable practical use for the Turk's head is to mark the "king spoke" of a ship's wheel; when this spoke is upright the rudder is in a central position. The knot takes its name from a notional resemblance to a turban (Tr: sarık), though a turban is wound rather than interwoven...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk's_head_knot
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-04 02:19:36 GMT)
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Sorry for the bad links. Will work via copy-and-paste.
Thème: Les noeuds décoratifs
Autres appellations: La rosace, Noeud de piton
http://www.lesnoeuds.com/noeud-152-bonnet-turc-3x5.html
See here for image comparison:
http://www.surreyknots.org.uk/1-turk's-head-5x3-and-hit...
http://www.surreyknots.org.uk/53-turk's-head-4-bight-3-...
The knot is used primarily for decoration and occasionally as anti-chafing protection. A notable practical use for the Turk's head is to mark the "king spoke" of a ship's wheel; when this spoke is upright the rudder is in a central position. The knot takes its name from a notional resemblance to a turban (Tr: sarık), though a turban is wound rather than interwoven...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk's_head_knot
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-04 02:19:36 GMT)
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Sorry for the bad links. Will work via copy-and-paste.
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| Thank you! I thought I had looked everywhere |
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