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| | | image= Millers-Knot-with-Bag-ABOK-1241.jpg | | | image= Millers-Knot-with-Bag-ABOK-1241.jpg |
| − | | caption= [[ABoK]] #1241 around the neck of a paper [[bag]] | + | | use = A '''Miller's knot''' (also '''Sack knot''' or '''Bag knot''') is a binding knot used to secure the opening of a sack or bag. Historically, large sacks often contained grains; thus the association of these knots with the miller's trade. Several knots are known interchangably by these three names. Two variations are shown here. |
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| − | | related= [[Ground-line hitch]], [[Constrictor knot]], [[Strangle knot]], [[Clove hitch]]
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| − | | abok_number= #388, #389, #390, #1241, #1242, #1243, #1244
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| − | A '''Miller's knot''' (also '''Sack knot''' or '''Bag knot''') is a [[binding knot]] used to secure the opening of a sack or [[Bag|bag]]. Historically, large sacks often contained [[Cereal|grains]]; thus the association of these knots with the [[Miller|miller's]] trade. Several knots are known interchangably by these three names.<ref name="ashley62">Clifford W. Ashley, ''The Ashley Book of Knots'' (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 62.</ref>
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| − | As noted above, several distinct [[Knot|knots]] have historically been known as Miller's, Sack, or Bag knots. To avoid ambiguity, these knots are listed below by the reference numbers found in ''[[The Ashley Book of Knots]]''. All of these knots can also be made in a slipped form by completing the final tuck with a [[Bight (knot)|bight]] instead of the end.<ref name="ashley224">Ashley, 224.</ref>
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| − | ===#1241===
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| − | [[Image:Millers-Knot-ABOK-1241.jpg|300px|left]]<br style="clear:left;" />
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| − | ===#1242===
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| − | [[Image:Millers-Knot-ABOK-1242.jpg|300px|left]]<br style="clear:left;" />
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| − | ===#1243===
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| − | This knot is also a useful [[List of hitch knots|hitch]] and is known by the name [[Ground-line hitch]] when used for that purpose.<ref name="ashley224"/>
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| − | [[Image:Groundline-Hitch-Loose-ABOK-1243.jpg|300px|left]]<br style="clear:left;" />
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| − | ===#1244===
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| − | This variation is noted by [[Clifford Ashley|Ashley]] as having better binding characteristics than the others.<ref name="ashley224"/>
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| − | [[Image:Millers-Knot-ABOK-1244.jpg|300px|left]]<br style="clear:left;" />
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