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

Two Half Hitches

Sea Terms

Often used as a mooring hitch. It is made by passing the end of a rope around the standing part and bringing it up through its own bight, and then repeating the latter part. (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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