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Tarbuck knot (iou)



Tarbuck knot noun phr. M20.
[from Kenneth Tarbuck, Brit. mountaineer (b. 1914), who invented it.]
Mountaineering. An adjustable safety knot similar to a prusik knot, but which, when subjected to a sudden heavy load, yields for a very short distance and then locks solid.