Carrick \Car"rick\, n. (Naut.)
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |