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单词 grabbit hook
释义

grabbit hookn.

Forms:

α. 1900s– grabbit boathook, 1900s– grab-it boathook (rare), 1900s– grabit boathook.

β. 1900s– grabbit hook, 1900s– grabit hook.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grab v., it pron., boat hook n.; hook n.1
Etymology: In α. forms apparently < grab v. + it pron. + boat hook n.; in β. forms apparently < grab v. + it pron. + hook n.1, probably with allusion to grab-hook n. at grab n.2 Compounds 2.The first element is also found as a simplex (synonymous with grabbit hook) and occasionally in other compounds (e.g. grabbit device). A UK patent for the mechanism was awarded in 1924, but this does not use the word.
= grab-hook n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > boat-hook
boat hook1485
bead-hook1600
hitcher1630
screw hook1688
grabbit hook1936
1936 J. Grierson High Failure v. 92 I made fast, to the first small buoy which I could see, by means of the Grabbit boathook and my special gear for mooring-up single-handed.
1948 Shell Aviation News cxxv. 20/3 The pilot using a short boathook fitted with a grabbit hook engages the strop on the buoy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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