Cant-hook
a wooden lever with a movable iron hook and a blunt, often toothed tip near the lower end, used chiefly for grasping and canting, or turning over logs.
Historical Examples
The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum
The Snow-Burner Henry Oyen
Forest Neighbors William Davenport Hulbert
The Lincoln Story Book Henry L. Williams
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple
The Boss of Wind River David Goodger ([email protected])
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White
McClure’s Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2 Various
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White
noun
(forestry) a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
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