Etymology

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Today it means: A crossing hitch, as used in Japanese rope bondage. Full definition →

Japanese の止め
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromの止め“の-shaped stop”
  2. English todaynodome

Borrowed from Japanese の止め (“の-shaped stop”).

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