half-hitch

(hif’hich), n. 1. A hitch formed 3. In fort., an outwork composed of two faces by pa ing the end of a rope round its stand forming a salient angle whose gorge is in the ing part and bringing it up through the bight. form of a crescent or a half-moon.—4. In min- See hitch.—2. In pillow-lace making, the loop ing, a scaffold in a shaft, having a plan of nearly by means of which the thread is tightened upon the shape of a half-moon. such a construction is the bobbin. Also called rolling-hitch. of a temporary character, and intended to afford a place where the men may stand while making repairs in the