monkey fist - A large heavy knot usually made in the end of a lineheaving line to aid in accurate throwing.
moor - To attach a boat to a mooring, dock, post, anchor, etc.
monkey fist - A special knot typically used to weight the end of a heaving line.
Monkey fist - a ball woven out of line used to provide heft to heave the line to another location. The monkey fist and other heaving-line knots were sometimes weighted with lead (easily available in the form of foil used to seal e.g.
 See also: Feet, Line, North, Nautical mile, Mile
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