: a knot used to prevent a rope from passing through a hole or opening
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Thread the free end through the loop and through the handle, tying a stopper knot on the other side.—The Editors, Field & Stream, 24 Aug. 2020 Take a two-foot length of webbing—essentially flat rope—and tie the two ends together with a stopper knot such as a figure eight.—Andrew Northshield, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2018
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