Timber Hitch Small 294×320 Medium 589×640 Large 942×1024 Download Tiff Original 2207×2400 | (1.1 MB) Description "Timber Hitch -- Take the end of a of a rope round a spar then round the standing part b, then several times round its own part c, against the lay of the rope." -Britannica, 1910 Keywords Knot, timber hitch Galleries Knots Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 15) (New York, NY: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910)