单词 | can-hook |
释义 | can-hookn. A contrivance for slinging a cask by the ends of its staves, consisting of a short rope or chain (little longer than the cask), with a flat hook at each end, the tackle being hooked to the middle of the rope or chain. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > cask-making equipment chamfering machine1574 cantling1600 horse1611 turrell1611 can-hook1626 canting quoin1626 grooping tool1688 runging adze1688 cantic quoins1728 croze1846 whisk1875 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 The canhookes, slings, and parbunkels. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 21 The Canhookes..the Brewers vse to sling or carry their barrels on. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Can-Hooks, an instrument used to sling a cask by the ends of the staves. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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