Ghiordes knot

noun

: a knot used in making carpets and rugs in which the two ends of pile yarn appear together at the surface between the two adjacent warp yarns around which they are twisted

called also Turkish knot

compare sehna knot

Word History

Etymology

from Gördes (Ghiordes), Turkey

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