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Also called the Artillery Knot and Diagonal Figure of Eight. A loop knot tied in the bight through which an arm can be put up to the shoulder to assist in hauling, while leaving the hands free. Formerly used on gun carriages, one end of the rope being fastened to a ring on the end of the axle. Good for tying a 2nd boat/raft into the painter of a boat already tied to the only decent point on shore.