单词 | can-hook |
释义 | can-hook [? f. can n.1 + hook n.1] 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.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 13 The canhookes, slings, parbunkels. 1627― Seaman's Gram. v. 21 The Can⁓hookes..the Brewers vse to sling or carry their barrels on. 1769Falconer Dict. Mar. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. |

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