Naut. Short for WALL-KNOT.
1834. Marryat, P. Simple, vi. ‘How is this to be finished off sir?’ inquired a sailor of the boatswain. ‘Why,… it must be with a double wall.’
c. 1860. H. Stuart, Seaman’s Catech., 30. Make a single wall. Ibid., 56. A ‘double wall’ or deck stopper-knot is made … close up to the wall.
1884. Knight, Dict. Mech., Suppl., Wall and Crown. This knot should be finished with a crown.
