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cant-hook
[< cant a slabbed log + hook]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a pole having at the lower end a steel device consisting of an arm equipped with a sharp, hooked point which, when the arm is slipped over a log, permits the user to roll, lever, or to otherwise direct the log.
See: peavey
Quotations
1889
Lighter logs are rolled up with cant-hooks. . . .
1912
. . . then mounting it canthook in hand, he began to roll it on the bunk. . . .
1963
. . . they too await the logs with peevies and cant hooks.
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