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单词 reef hook
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reef hookn.

Brit. /ˈriːf hʊk/, U.S. /ˈrif ˌhʊk/
Forms: 1600s reevehooke, 1600s reve hooke, 1900s– reef hook.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reave v.2, hook n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably < reave v.2 + hook n.1 Compare later rave-hook n. and the further references made at that entry.
Nautical. rare.
= rave-hook n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > caulking seams > tools
chinsing-iron1508
caulker1543
reef hook1617
caulking-iron1627
caulking-mallet1627
horse-iron1750
rave-hook1780
meaking iron1853
sharp-iron1887
1617 Great Yarmouth Apprentice Enrollm. in Industr. Archaeol. (1972) 9 400 Luke Herringe to Edward Cannon:..one Caulkinge Iron one reevehooke one bilg mallet.
1644 Great Yarmouth Apprentice Enrollm. in Industr. Archaeol. (1972) 9 401 John Godfrey to George Collinson of Chatham, Kent:..caulking iron, reve hooke, bilge mallet.
1922 F. Riesenberg Standard Seamanship for Merchant Service xxii. 925 When old oakum is to be cleared out of a seam a reef hook is used.
1998 G. Rossel Building Small Boats (2003) iii. 23 The right tool in this situation is a hooked implement sometimes called a reef hook, a rake hook... This unit is just the ticket to get under the offending caulking fiber and other detritus and give it the old heave-ho.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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