closely-knit, close-knit adj. Bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family.
... he, and one purpose nerves them all. They form a wedge, and forward with a cheer The close-knit column charges at the wall. Here scaling ladders in a trice they rear, And firebrands suddenly and flames appear. These seek the gates, and lay the foremost dead; Those flash the sword, or shake the shining spear. Darts cloud the skies. ... — The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil
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