Stevedore knot
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The stevedore knot is a stopper knot, often tied near the end of a rope. It is more bulky and less prone to jamming than the closely related Figure of eight knot.
The bight is given one more half turn than in the former knot [which itself is given, "one additional half twist," more than the figure-eight knot, before the end is finally stuck.|Ashley, Clifford W. (1944). The Ashley Book of Knots, p.85.
Tying
The knot is formed by following the steps to make a figure-of-eight knot, but the working end makes an additional wrap around the standing part before passing back through the initial loop in the same direction it would have for a figure-of-eight knot.
Uses
A more bulky stopper knot than the figure of eight knot.