can hook

== English == === Noun === can hook (plural can hooks) (historical, timber industry, nautical) A hoisting device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves. === References === “can hook”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.