Fighting Stopper
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“Naut., a contrivance, consisting of two wooden deadeyes and a rope lanyard, for quickly securing any standing rigging shot away in action.” -Whitney, 1911
Keywords
Rope, stopper knot, fisherman's knot, secure, rigging, fighting stopper, nautical knot, deadeyes, lanyardGalleries
KnotsSource
William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
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