資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clove \Clove\, imp. of {Cleave}.
   Cleft. --Spenser.

   {Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}.

   {Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws
      overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of
      sails; -- called also {clip hook}. --Knight.

資料來源 : WordNet®

clove hitch
     n : a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar