List of Knots - T

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• Tarbuck knot - used by climbers and was primarily used with stranded nylon rope
• Taut-line hitch - adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• Tent hitch - adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension
• Thief knot - resembles the reef knot except that the free, or working, ends are on opposite sides
• Thumb knot aka overhand knot - one of the most fundamental knots and forms the basis of many others
• Tiggap knot
• Timber hitch - used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object
• Tom fool's knot - good knot with which to commence a slightly fancy sheepshank
• Trefoil knot - simplest example of a nontrivial knot in mathematics
• Trident loop - fixed loop knot
• Triple bowline - variation of the bowline knot that is used to create three loops on one knot simultaneously
• Triple crown knot - double loop knot
• Triple fisherman's knot - a bend knot used to join two ends of rope together
• Trucker's hitch - used for securing loads on trucks or trailers
• True lover's knot - a name which has been used for many distinct knots
• Tug boat hitch - ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch
• Turle knot - used while fishing for tying a hook or fly to a leader
• Twined turk's head - decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop
• Two half hitches - an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch
• Two strand overhand knot - used to join two ropes together