Cow hitch
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| - | | uses= | + | | uses= Hitch a rope to something |
| caveat= The Cow hitch is one of the least secure of the hitches. | | caveat= The Cow hitch is one of the least secure of the hitches. | ||
| animated_image = Girth_Hitch.gif | | animated_image = Girth_Hitch.gif | ||
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| + | The Cow hitch hitches a rope to a metal ring, pole, or another rope. It is also used in [[Horsemanship]] for typing a leather strap to a ring or hitching post. In [[Small-Boat Sailing]], the Cow hitch is used to secure a lanyard to a shroud or jib sheet to a clew, etc. | ||
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| + | {{ABOK|# 1694, p. 294)}} | ||
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| + | {{quote-source|The Girth Hitch is much more familiar than many of us recognize: it is the same knot we use to link a pair of elastic bands.|[http://www.animatedknots.com/ Grog]}} | ||
| required_for = | | required_for = | ||
| instructions = | | instructions = | ||
| - | + | :Pass the end of the rope around a ring, post, pole, tree, etc. Bring the end over and under the body of the rope (known as the standing part),then back through the loop thus formed. That makes a half hitch. Take the end around the standing part a second time and tie another half hitch but with the two half hitches facing each other. Pull it snug. | |
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| - | Pass the end of the rope around a ring, post, pole, tree, etc. Bring the end over and under the body of the rope (known as the standing part),then back through the loop thus formed. That makes a half hitch. Take the end around the standing part a second time and tie another half hitch but with the two half hitches facing each other. Pull it snug. | + | |
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* [http://www.animatedknots.com/girthrescue/index.php Grog's Animated Knots: Girth Hitch] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-the-girth-hitch-knot-with-a-knot-tying-animation-265456/ Wonder How To Video: Girth Hitch Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-a-girth-hitch-lark-s-foot-knot-for-rock-climbing-251443/ Wonder How To Video: Girth Hitch/Larks Foot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-a-lanyard-knot-198268/ Wonder How To Video: Lanyard Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-lanyard-loop-knots-with-animated-knot-tying-help-266047/ Wonder How To Video: Lanyard Loop Knots] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-lark-s-head-knots-with-animated-knot-tying-help-265971/ Wonder How To Video: Larks Head Knots] - [http://www.animatedknots.com/girth/index.php Grog's Animated Knots: Girth Hitch] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/123496_tying-larkshead-knots.htm Video: Larkshead] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/89727_knot-hitches-pedigree.htm Video: Cow Hitch] | * [http://www.animatedknots.com/girthrescue/index.php Grog's Animated Knots: Girth Hitch] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-the-girth-hitch-knot-with-a-knot-tying-animation-265456/ Wonder How To Video: Girth Hitch Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-a-girth-hitch-lark-s-foot-knot-for-rock-climbing-251443/ Wonder How To Video: Girth Hitch/Larks Foot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-a-lanyard-knot-198268/ Wonder How To Video: Lanyard Knot] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-lanyard-loop-knots-with-animated-knot-tying-help-266047/ Wonder How To Video: Lanyard Loop Knots] - [http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-tie-lark-s-head-knots-with-animated-knot-tying-help-265971/ Wonder How To Video: Larks Head Knots] - [http://www.animatedknots.com/girth/index.php Grog's Animated Knots: Girth Hitch] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/123496_tying-larkshead-knots.htm Video: Larkshead] - [http://www.expertvillage.com/video/89727_knot-hitches-pedigree.htm Video: Cow Hitch] | ||
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| - | The Cow | + | *The Cow Hitch is like [[Knot#Two_half-hitches|Two half-hitches]] with the second hitch reversed. |
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*The Cow hitch (Lark's head) is one of the [[Forty knots]]. | *The Cow hitch (Lark's head) is one of the [[Forty knots]]. | ||
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Current revision
Special Knots, and Advanced Knots, for Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class.
| Cow hitch | |
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| Names | Cow hitch, Strap hitch, Lanyard hitch, Lark's head, or Girth hitch |
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| Typical use | Hitch a rope to something |
| Caveat | The Cow hitch is one of the least secure of the hitches. |
| Releasing | |
| Category | Hitch knots |
| Group | Special knots |
| Related | |
The Cow hitch hitches a rope to a metal ring, pole, or another rope. It is also used in Horsemanship for typing a leather strap to a ring or hitching post. In Small-Boat Sailing, the Cow hitch is used to secure a lanyard to a shroud or jib sheet to a clew, etc.
See The Ashley Book of Knots # 1694, p. 294).
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| — Grog |
- Required for
- Instructions
- Pass the end of the rope around a ring, post, pole, tree, etc. Bring the end over and under the body of the rope (known as the standing part),then back through the loop thus formed. That makes a half hitch. Take the end around the standing part a second time and tie another half hitch but with the two half hitches facing each other. Pull it snug.
- Lesson Videos
- Grog's Animated Knots: Girth Hitch - Wonder How To Video: Girth Hitch Knot - Wonder How To Video: Girth Hitch/Larks Foot - Wonder How To Video: Lanyard Knot - Wonder How To Video: Lanyard Loop Knots - Wonder How To Video: Larks Head Knots - Grog's Animated Knots: Girth Hitch - Video: Larkshead - Video: Cow Hitch
- Notes
- The Cow Hitch is like Two half-hitches with the second hitch reversed.
- The Cow hitch (Lark's head) is one of the Forty knots.
- See also
