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boathook

/ ˈbəʊtˌhʊk /

noun

  1. a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Joe tried to grab him with the boathook, but it was useless, and the unhappy poltroon's body was whirled away.

Porter had been standing close by, the boathook in his hands.

His intention was to use the boathook to bring the Japanese to terms.

The boat came alongside, 132 and a bowman fastened his boathook at the side of the ship, and held it in place.

A brandy-flask comes from somewhere in the steerage, where a mop and a tin pot and a boathook live, and its effect is good.

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