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Cant hooks

Scope note

Wooden levers with metal hooks on their shafts, used to roll logs; later combined with the jam pike to become peavies.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300024463

Broader Terms used

<hooks: woodworking tools>

Narrower Terms used

ring dogs

Term used for

hook, cant
hooks, cant

Equivalent Terms used

cant hook

Created

13yrs ago

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