The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Topsail Halliard Bend

Sea Terms

This is made by making two turns round the spar, then leading the end back round the standing part and underneath all the turns, bringing it round its own part and back again over the two other turns and underneath the inner turn. (See engraving.)

Racking, seizings, bends and fancy knots — round seizing, cat's-paw, running bowline, worming, diamond knots, sprit-sail sheet knot, two half-hitches, topsail halyard bend, shroud knots and midshipman's hitch
Racking, seizings, bends and fancy knots — round seizing, cat's-paw, running bowline, worming, diamond knots, sprit-sail sheet knot, two half-hitches, topsail halyard bend, shroud knots and midshipman's hitch
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