car·rick bend /ˈkærɪk-/
  Car·rick n. Naut. A carack. See Carack.
  Carrick bend Naut., a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.
  Carrick bitts Naut., the bitts which support the windlass.
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  carrick bend
       n : a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or
           hawsers