The highwayman's hitch knot is a quick-release draw loop knot used for temporarily securing a load that will need to be released easily and cleanly. The hitch can be untied with a tug of the working end, even when under tension. Pull one end and it gets more holding power. Pull the other end and the knot is released quickly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highwayman%27s_hitch

The Clove Hitch (see PiP) is particularly useful where the length of the running end needs to be adjustable, since feeding in rope from either direction will loosen the knot to be tightened at a new position. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_hitch

The knot was attributable to the notorious 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin, but sadly this isn't so. The wire is part of an extension cable which has then been wound round a roll of packaging paper.



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