| 单词 | reef hook | 
| 释义 | reef hookn. Nautical. rare.   = rave-hook n. ΘΚΠ 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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