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sheepshank

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEEPSHANK

SHEEPSHANK Sheep "shank `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sheepshank

sheep shank |ˈSHēpˌSHaNGk ˈʃipˌʃæŋk | ▶noun a kind of knot used to shorten a rope temporarily.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sheepshank

sheep |shank |ˈʃiːpʃaŋk | ▶noun a kind of knot used to shorten a rope temporarily, made by taking two bights of rope and securing them to the standing rope with two half hitches.