Bread-Bakers v101.n046.4

A Turks head in nautical terminology refers to a large, multiply looped knot
that forms a large elastic ball on the end of a mooring rope and is used as a
fender when docking a boat. It's spherical and the surface is braided like a
turban hence the name.

John Wright
Yorkshire
England

"The cowards never started and the weaklings died on the way"