Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891
Figure Eight Knot
Sea Terms
A knot made in the shape of figure 8. (See engraving.)
Knots — reef knot, figure-of-eight, single bend, carrick bend, sheep-shank, bowline, bowline upon the bight, rolling hitch, marling hitch, timber hitch, clove hitch and half-hitch
