How to pronounce “racking bend”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• a type of bend knot used to join the ends of two lines or ropes of very different thicknesses. The finer cord is woven between the two stands of a bight or loop of the thicker rope, and pulled tight after each pass. Racking like this forms the basis for many other bends and knots.

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