cant hook

  • 1Cant hook — A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [U. S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2cant hook — cant′ hook [[t]kænt[/t]] n. mac a pole with a movable iron hook, used for manipulating logs • Etymology: 1840–50 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 3cant hook — n. [see CANT2] a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs: cf. PEAVEY …

    English World dictionary

  • 4Cant Hook — A cant hook is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook at one end, used for handling and moving logs. While similar to a peavey, the cant hook has a blunt tip, often with teeth. A logging tool… …

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  • 5cant hook — noun a peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs • Hypernyms: ↑peavey, ↑peavy, ↑cant dog, ↑dog hook * * * noun Etymology: cant (II) : a wooden lever resembling a peavey but having a …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6cant hook — /kant/ a wooden lever with a movable iron hook and a blunt, often toothed tip near the lower end, used chiefly for grasping and canting, or turning over logs. Also called cant dog. [1840 50] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7cant hook — /ˈkænt hʊk/ (say kant hook) noun a hook with a grip at one end, used for grasping and canting or turning over logs, etc …

  • 8cant hook — noun A traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook at one end, used for handling and moving logs …

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  • 9cant hook — noun a hinged metal hook at the end of a long handle, used for gripping and rolling logs …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10cant hook — noun Etymology: 3cant Date: circa 1848 a lumberman s lever that has a pivoting hooked arm and a blunt often toothed metal cap at one end compare peavey …

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