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sheepshank


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheepshank  \Sheep"shank`\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  A  hitch  by  which  a  rope  may  be  temporarily  shortened. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sheepshank 
  n  :  a  knot  for  shortening  a  line 




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