| 释义 |
cant-dog north. dial.|ˈkæntdɒg|
[f. cant v.2 + dog.]
‘A hand-spike with a hook’ (Halliwell); = cant-hook 2.
1850S. Judd R. Edney 272 Leaning on a cant-dog, he could talk with Melicent and Barbara. 1868Harper's Mag. XXXVI. 420 Six large logs were piled on to one large sled in a moment's time, two or three men assisting with their cant-dogs. 1885Boston (Mass.) Jrnl., Cant-dogs are coming into use for various purposes. 1942Amer. Speech XVII. 220/2 Cant dog, a peavey; the riverman's tool. a1951B. Cronin in Austral. Short Stories (1951) 167 The duty of a cant-dog man is to orient the logs. |