can hook

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word can hook. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word can hook, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say can hook in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word can hook you have here. The definition of the word can hook will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcan hook, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

can hook (plural can hooks)

  1. A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for can hook”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)