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"Captain Richard Hall Gower (1768?1833) was an English mariner, empirical philosopher, nautical inventor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian."
Gower link;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hall_Gower The term Gower Loop emerged when searching for a loop's name using the racking turns technique that once Mr.Gower found to be a sound practice.(see notes 3118 to 3121 in ABOK)
There is one similarity between the Plait Loop and the Gower proposition but putting them in the same family is far-fetched, in my opinion.
Both emerge from an overhand nipping construct that's it.
The Plait's outgoing leg forms a collar then links with the nip in an overhand fashion before exiting along the standing part.
The nip encompasses 2 rope diameter.
The Gower's outgoing leg performs 3 round turn before exiting. There is no collar as such but the racking turns replace this function.
The nip encompasses 4 rope diameter.
The orderly raking turns are the essence to this nub; pulling up the middle turn as you suggest forming a collar is contrary to the technique I choose and frankly the result is lacking merit.
Brilliant hitching idea, i'll have to consult Xarax, if he possesses anything like this in his arsenal, as i am curius about its practical aspect.
Brilliant idea yes thanks and in fact this concept is expendable more knots can be derived from this concept.
See the Nipper Hitch here;
https://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=7360.0Imagine you have no carabiner at hand and you need hoisting a tool to your friend arborist at the top of the tree. This hitch does the trick.
Xarax did a number of hitches during a period. He used pipes as a primary hosting device, that gave us beautiful pictures when he used transparent host. He could not have come up with the concept explore here unless he had a plumber's abilities. (see image)
Image = Plait and Gower
Top frame; Plait Loop (rear view)
I have used the Plait loop depicts in reply #1 in the link post provide by SS369.
Bottom frame; Gower Loop (rear view)
Image = A candy for Xarax
Hypothetical set-up for a lab dedicated to hitches.