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breasthook

noun

Etymology

From breast + hook.

  1. derived from *kog-✻
  2. inherited from *hōkaz✻
  3. inherited from *hōk✻
  4. inherited from hōc
  5. inherited from hoke
  6. compounded as breasthook — “breast + hook”

Definitions

  1. A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides…

    A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for breasthook. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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