'Carrick bend' definitions:

Definition of 'carrick bend'

(from WordNet)
noun
A knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers

Definition of 'Carrick bend'

From: GCIDE
  • Carrick \Car"rick\, n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack. [1913 Webster]
  • Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.
  • Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. --Totten. [1913 Webster]