breast-knot

breast-knot
breastˈ-knot noun
A knot of ribbons worn on the breast
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  • knot — knot1 knotless, adj. knotlike, adj. /not/, n., v., knotted, knotting. n. 1. an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord… …   Universalium

  • knot — 01. She tied the string in a [knot]. 02. It was hard to chop the wood because it was full of [knots]. 03. The little boy had tied his shoelace in a [knot] and couldn t get it undone. 04. John showed me a good [knot] to use when tying the kayaks… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • knot´less — knot1 «not», noun, verb, knot|ted, knot|ting. –n. 1. a) a fastening made by tying or twining together pieces of one or more ropes, strings, or cords: »a square knot, a slipknot, a knot in a shoelace. b) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Great Knot — Taxobox name = Great Knot status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Calidris species = C. tenuirostris binomial = Calidris tenuirostris binomial… …   Wikipedia

  • Red Knot — Taxobox name = Red Knot status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref ={IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49073|title=Calidris canutus|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of …   Wikipedia

  • robin breast — Redbreast Red breast ( br?st ), n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. See {Robin}. (c) The knot, or red breasted snipe; called also {robin breast}, and {robin snipe}. See {Knot}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The long… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Love knot — Love Love (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cut the Gordian knot — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To cut the knot — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • red|breast — «REHD BREHST», noun. 1. = robin. (Cf. ↑robin) 2. a small shore bird with a reddish breast in its spring plumage; knot …   Useful english dictionary

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