Double Wall Knot Sea Terms A knot put on the end of a rope. (See engraving.) Ropes and knots — cable-laid, shroud-laid and hawser-laid rope, Flemish eye, pointing, granny knot, selvagee strop, cat's-paw, Blackwall hitch, grommet and rope-yarn knot ← Double TopsailsAll “D” entriesDouble-decker →