The timber hitch is a knot used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object.

[1] As the name suggests, this knot is often used by lumbermen and arborists for attaching ropes or chains to tree trunks, branches, and logs.

[7] A killick is "a small anchor or weight for mooring a boat, sometimes consisting of a stone secured by pieces of wood".

[3] The timber hitch is one of the few knots that can easily be tied in a chain,[citation needed] leading to its use in applications where ropes lack the necessary strength and would break under the same amount of tension.

[1][2] Although The Ashley Book of Knots states that "three tucks or turns are ample",[1] this work was written prior to the wide use of synthetic fiber cordage.

Great care must be exercised in tying the following series of knots, and the impossible must not be expected" that starts off with a Timber Hitch preceded by 'lengthwise' Half Hitch form to convert Timber from "RIGHT-ANGLE PULL" to "LENGTHWISE PULL" usage in the back to back chapters.