A knotted cord was a primitive surveyor's tool for measuring distances. It is a length of cord with knots at regular intervals. They were eventually replaced...

In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo...

magic or witchcraft, that is made from knotted cord or hair, that normally constitutes a spell. Charms are knotted or braided with specific magical intention...

theoretical estimates of practical maximum speed of displacement hulls Knot count Knotted cord Metre per second Orders of magnitude (speed) Rope (unit) Wragg...

The statue, slightly larger than life size, shows Po'Pay holding a knotted cord in his left hand, the signal for the initiation of the revolt. In his...

Entanglement of the cord Knot in the cord Cord prolapse, where the umbilical cord exits the birth canal before the baby, which can cause cord compression. As...

caused by a "knotted cord" but other sources state that the cause of death was a garrote (a weapon usually formed from a knotted rope or cord). The body...

injury to the victim. Blows are generally delivered with a light rod, knotted cord, or lash. Bastinado is also referred to as foot (bottom) caning or sole...

"hundred" of garlic. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Thai, and English units Knotted cord Knot, a related unit Ronald Edward Zupko (1985). "rope". A Dictionary of...

Mexico's two statues. The knotted cord in his left hand was used to time the start of the revolt. Although the exact number of knots utilized is up for debate...

as it relates to types of knots. Relative knot strength, also called knot efficiency, is the breaking strength of a knotted rope in proportion to the...

have influenced Old World numeral systems.[citation needed] Quipu, a knotted cord device, used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the...

cord lock (also known as cord fastener, plastic stopper, spring clasp or cord toggle) attaches to drawstrings and tightens without the use of knots....

according to the Spanish Chronicle, is said to have tortured him with a knotted cord around his eyes. Anne is not thought to have noticed his disappearance...

used to keep it positioned well up on the neck, and it may have a loose cord that goes beneath the tail to prevent the wind from blowing it off from the...

Parachute cord (also paracord or 550 cord when referring to type-III paracord) is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension...

tribes), the knotted cords, khipus or quipus, as used by the Inca. Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) reported the use of a knotted cord by Darius...

which the yoke was fastened, exposing the two ends of the cord and allowing him to untie the knot without having to cut through it. Some classical scholars...

The diamond knot (or knife lanyard knot) is a knot for forming a decorative loop on the end of a cord such as on a lanyard. A similar knot, also called...

(347 AD to 420 AD) it states that Saint Paul of Thebes used pebbles and knotted cord to count prayers. Around the 8th century, Paternoster cords were used...

known as the "spear", is wrapped in a piece of cloth covered by tightly knotted cord. Some boxers would dip their spear in sticky resin mixed with bits of...

primary use of this knot is to form high strength (round) slings of cord for connecting pieces of a climber's protection system. This knot, along with the...

or Class B shirt. The cord is composed of a series of alternating left and right half knots that are tied around a leader cord to form a "Solomon bar"...

correspond to manipulations of a knotted string that do not involve cutting it or passing it through itself. Knots can be described in various ways....

A Prusik (/ˈprʌsɪk/ PRUSS-ik) is a friction hitch or knot used to attach a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering...

including Romanesque capitals and an bas-relief architrave that contains a knotted cord (a type of decoration that was very diffuse around the year 1000). The...

a Prusik knot or the Bachmann knot to ascend or descend a climbing rope. One advantage is that webbing can be used as an alternative to cord. The Klemheist...

little finger amputated, but won't say why. Third Series "Problem of the Knotted Cord." Associated Sunday Magazines, 20 January 1907. (The original magazine...

A lanyard is a length of cord, webbing, or strap that may serve any of various functions, which include a means of attachment, restraint, retrieval, activation...

An Austrian knot (or Hungarian knot), alternatively warrior's knot or vitézkötés, is an elaborate design of twisted cord or lace worn as part of a dress...