Becket hitch
| Becket hitch | |
|---|---|
| Category | Hitch |
| Related | Sheet bend, Bowline |
| Typical use | A hitch made on an eye loop |
| ABoK | #73, #297, #298, #334, #1475, #1900, #1902, #1915, #2008, #2152 |
A becket hitch, including the double becket or figure-of-eight becket hitch, is any hitch that is made on an eye loop, i.e. on a becket. A becket hitch has the same structure as the sheet bend, which joins, or "bends", the ends of two ropes together. The becket hitch, in contrast, fixes a rope to a closed eye or hook. In this instance, a becket means the eye or hook of a pulley block, an eye in the end of a rope, or a rope handle on a sailor's sea chest.