Take 竹
Japanese for bamboo; in rope bondage, bamboo poles used as part of a tie (take shibari) or hung as a bar for multi-point suspension.
Take (竹) is the Japanese word for bamboo, the hollow, jointed plants of the grass subfamily Bambusoideae, used in Japan for crafts, fans, blinds, tea whisks and building (Kotobank). In rope bondage, Shibari Study’s glossary uses take shibari (竹縛り) for any tie in which bamboo becomes part of the tie itself, as distinct from bamboo used only as a suspension point. Both roles appear in practice. Portland Shibari Salon, for example, has taught take shibari as floor work, with ties that secure bamboo to the body, while Shay Tiziano of Twisted Windows notes that some suspension frames have top bars that can hang bamboo for multi-point suspensions and others cannot.