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.
carrick bend n : a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers