truelove knot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

truelove knot
    n 1: a knot for tying the ends of two lines together [syn:
         {fisherman's knot}, {true lover's knot}, {truelove knot}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truelove \True"love`\, n.
   1. One really beloved.
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   2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}.
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   3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning,
      perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
      --T. R. Lounsbury.
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            Under his tongue a truelove he bore.  --Chaucer.
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   {Truelove knot}, a complicated, involved knot that does not
      readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or
      engagement; -- called also {true-lover's knot}.
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