boat hook in English
noun
1
a long pole with a hook and a spike at one end, used for fending off or pulling a boat.
If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore?
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2. I stood ready with the boat-hook to make sure we didn't bump against the rocks of the mooring.
3. For traditional sailing ships, items that could be found in a Chandlery might include sail-cloth, rosin, turpentine, tar, pitch, linseed oil, whale oil, tallow, lard, varnish, twine, rope and cordage, hemp, and oakum.Tools (hatchet, axe, hammer, chisel, planes, lantern, nails, spike, boat hook