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hank
(hăngk)n.
1. A coil or loop.
2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the luff of a jib or staysail.
3. A looped bundle, as of yarn.
[Middle English, from Old Norse hönk.]
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hank
(hæŋk)n
1. (Textiles) a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn
2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a ringlike fitting that can be opened to admit a stay for attaching the luff of a sail
3. (Units) 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
vb
(Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to attach (a sail) to a stay by hanks
[C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hanka to coil, Swedish hank string]
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hank
(hæŋk)n.
2. a specific length of thread or yarn according to the type of fiber, as 840 yards (768.1 m) for cotton or 300 yards (274.32 m) for linen.
3. a coil, knot, or loop: a hank of hair.
4. 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.
[1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse hǫnk hank, coil, skein, clasp; akin to hang]
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Hank
circular coil of anything flexible; a skein or coil of thread.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Past participle: hanked
Gerund: hanking
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Noun | 1. | hank - a coil of rope or wool or yarn coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" skein - coils of worsted yarn |
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Translations
شِلَّة صوف أو خيطان
přadeno
bundtnøgle
kieppilitsaratsastajavyyhti
motring
hespa; hönk
sruoga
šķetere
pradeno
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hank
(hӕŋk) noun a coil or loop of rope, wool, string etc. hanks of knitting-wool.
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