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Noun: barrel knot
  1. A knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
    "The angler used a barrel knot to join two sections of fishing line";
    - blood knot

Derived forms: barrel knots

Type of: knot

Encyclopedia: Barrel knot