1. a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times; [syn: barrel knot, blood knot]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blood knot
n 1: a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of
the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three
times [syn: barrel knot, blood knot]