page_title: Stopper knot
section_title: At the end of a line
hierarchical_section_title: Stopper knot / At the end of a line
caption_attribution_description: en:Ashley's stopper knot (en:ABOK #526)
context_page_description: A stopper knot is a knot that creates a fixed thicker point on an otherwise-uniform thickness rope for the purpose of preventing unreeving: stopping the rope at that point from slipping out of a narrow passage. Stopper has three distinct meanings in the context of knotting and cordage. A decorative stopper knot may be referred to as a lanyard knot.
  The single-strand stopper knot is...[one variety] of knob knots. Generally it is tied as a terminal knot in the end of a rope, where it forms a knob or bunch, the general purpose of which is to prevent unreeving. It is found in the ends of running rigging. It secures the end of a sewing thread; it provides a handhold or a foothold in bell ropes and footropes. It adds weight to the end of a heaving line, and it is often employed decoratively, but it should not be used to prevent unlaying and fraying except in small cord, twine, and the like, as a whipping is in every way preferable for large and valuable material.
  — The Ashley Book of Knots
  A monkey's tail "is a permanent or semipermanent stopper that is put in the bight as well as the end. It is also called single throat seizing, seized round turn, clinch, and pigtail...
context_section_description: A stopper knot is tied at the end of a rope to prevent the end from unraveling. It then functions like a whipping knot.
  A stopper knot is tied at the end of a rope to prevent the end from slipping through another knot, or passing back through a hole, block, or belay/rappel device. It then functions like a leash handle.  Knots commonly used for this purpose are:
  Overhand knot
  Double overhand knot
  Figure-eight knot
  Stevedore knot
  Ashley's stopper knot
  The Chinese button knot and the Celtic button knot are decorative stopper knots.
caption: An Ashley stopper knot at the end of a line
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