Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CARRICK-BEND
n.[See Carry. ] 1. One who carries; that which carries or conveys; also, a messenger.
2. One who is employed to carry goods for others for a reward; also, one whose occupation is to carry goods for others, called a common carrier; a porter.
3. A pigeon that conveys letters from place to place, the letters being tied to the neck.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CARRICK
CARRICK Car "rick, n. (Naut. )
Defn: A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut. ), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut. ), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.
New American Oxford Dictionary
carrick bend
car rick bend |ˈkarik ˌkɛrɪk ˈbɛnd | ▶noun a kind of knot used to join ropes, esp. hawsers, end to end, esp. so that they can go around a capstan without jamming. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from bend 2: carrick perhaps an alteration of carrack .
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon |ˈkarɪk | the county town of Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland, on the River Shannon; pop. 3,163 (2006 ).
Oxford Dictionary
carrick bend
car |rick bend |ˈkarɪk bɛnd | ▶noun a kind of knot used to join ropes end to end, especially so that they can go round a capstan without jamming. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from bend 2: carrick perhaps an alteration of carrack .
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon |ˈkarɪk | the county town of Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland, on the River Shannon; pop. 3,163 (2006 ).
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