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