Our forefathers devised various bends, hitches and knots as a means of making fast a rope so that it would hold under strain and yet be cast off easily when required.
Oobawomkhulu bayila iintlobo ngentlobo zamagophe, izibopheleli, amaqhina amagingxi-qinqxi amafingo njengendlela ekhawulezileyo yokwenza intambo ibambe phantsi koxinezelelo kodwa ikhululwe lula xa ifuneka.