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A knot with two loops and loose ends
Answer for the clue "A knot with two loops and loose ends ", 7 letters:
bowknot
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces [syn: bow ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowknot \Bow"knot`\, n. A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.
Usage examples of bowknot.
Finally the brown band descended from the mass of lambent colour overhead and curled into a tight bowknot before him.
Even if I handled or moved this corpse, even if I tied it into a bowknot, the answer would still be the same: Chadwick.
But the tying of the four bowknots actually took less than a minute, in spite of the way time seemed to race past him.
They had been shaped into bowknots, and Andrea watched in impressed silence as Mrs.
She made a granny knot, poked the metal tip through the eyelet, tied bowknots.