Bootshaken

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German

Ein Bootshaken

Alternative forms

Etymology

Boot +‎ -s- +‎ Haken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːt͡sˌhaːkən/, ,

Noun

Bootshaken m (strong, genitive Bootshakens, plural Bootshaken)

  1. boathook, setting pole
    • 1966, Eberhard Wolfgang Möller, Die feindlichen Schwestern, Berg: Hohenstaufen Verlag, published 1983, →ISBN, page 136:
      Sieht er denn nicht, daß hinter ihnen schon schlagbereit der Bekkers steht und den eisernen Bootshaken gefaßt hält, um ihn hinabzustochern, falls er wirklich an die Oberfläche kommt?
      Sees he not that behind them, prepared to strike, stands Bekkers and holds gripped the boathook of iron, so as to pike him down in case he comes to the surface soothfast?

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