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hank
1[hangk]
noun
a skein, as of thread or yarn.
a definite length of thread or yarn.
A hank of cotton yarn measures 840 yards.
a coil, knot, or loop.
a hank of hair.
Nautical.a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff.
verb (used with object)
Nautical.to fasten (a sail) by means of hanks.
Hank
2[hangk]
noun
a male given name, form of Henry.
hank
/ æŋ /
noun
a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn
nautical a ringlike fitting that can be opened to admit a stay for attaching the luff of a sail
a unit of measurement of cloth, yarn, etc, such as a length of 840 yards (767 m) of cotton or 560 yards (512 m) of worsted yarn
verb
(tr) nautical to attach (a sail) to a stay by hanks
Other Word Forms
- unhanked adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hank1
Example Sentences
Mary looked up quickly from the hank of yarn she was winding into a ball.
Some people looked at Daniel Jones and saw a nondescript kid with a square haircut, a hank of side-comb running across his forehead in a straight line, and decided he was terminally unremarkable.
A work from 1935, “Rope and People, I,” combines mediums—an affixed hank of heavy rope is surrounded by painted images of distressed personages.
Sunshine twisted a hank of long blonde hair around her hand.
He ripped an old conch shell off a hank of dead man’s fingers and tossed it aside.
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