endknot

noun

Etymology

From end + knot.

  1. derived from *gnod- — “to bind
  2. inherited from *knuttô
  3. inherited from *knottō
  4. inherited from cnotta
  5. inherited from knotte
  6. compounded as endknot — “end + knot

Definitions

  1. A knot, at the end of a rope, used to stop it fraying, as a handhold, or as decoration.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for endknot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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