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Definition of Sheepshank
1. Noun. A knot for shortening a line.
Definition of Sheepshank
1. n. A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
Definition of Sheepshank
1. Noun. A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheepshank
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheepshank
Literary usage of Sheepshank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Mechanies by Fred Duane Crawshaw, Emil Wilhelm Lehmann (1922)
"sheepshank (Fig. 394). The sheepshank is not a hitch in the same sense as the
... sheepshank. each end of the loop, as in 2. ¥o make this hitch permanent, ..."
2. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1920)
"sheepshank. Chain Knot with Toggle. Halt Timber Clove Rolling Timber Hitch Hitch.
Hitch. Hitch. Hitch. and Round Turn. Cat's-paw. ..."
3. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"TO sheepshank A ROPE OR BACKSTAY. This is intended for shortening a backstay ;
the rope is doubled in three parts, as you see in the Plate, ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"TO sheepshank A ROPE OR BACKSTAY. This is intended for shortening a backstay;
the rope is doubled m three parts, as you see in the Plate, ..."
5. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"sheepshank. — Nick, 'with the sheep-shanks.' Though not complimentary, it has
lived till to-day, and is respected, in one instance at least, ..."
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