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Definition of Cant hook
1. Noun. A peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs.
Definition of Cant hook
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cant Hook
Literary usage of Cant hook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technological dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"can hook, cam hook, cant hook, box hook, sling, devil, dog, stone lifter, hoop
cramp (mar.) grapple hook, sling || setting pole, gaff (mec. ..."
2. Practical Blacksmithing by Milton T. Richardson (1890)
"Making a Cant-Hook. I make a great many cant-hooks. ... About half an inch from
the end I cut it half off, bend over and weld, Making a Cant-Hook. Fig. ..."
3. A Treatise on Wooden Trestle Bridges According to the Present Practice on by Wolcott Cronk Foster (1904)
"Fig. 145 shows a cant-hook and Fig. 146 a modification of a 3ZC FIG. 145.—CANT-HOOK.
FIG. 146.—PEAVEY. cant-hook called a ..."
4. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"A hook of the same character as that on the peavey is fastened to the handle by
a clasp. FIG. zi. — A cant hook. A cant hook costs from $i to $1.50. mm ..."
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