Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

carrick bend
     n : a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or
         hawsers