hank

hank

hank

 (hăngk)

n.

1. A coil or loop.

2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the luff of a jib or staysail.

3. A looped bundle, as of yarn.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse hönk.]

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hank

(hæŋk)

n

1. (Textiles) a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn

2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a ringlike fitting that can be opened to admit a stay for attaching the luff of a sail

3. (Units) a unit of measurement of cloth, yarn, etc, such as a length of 840 yards (767 m) of cotton or 560 yards (512 m) of worsted yarn

vb

(Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to attach (a sail) to a stay by hanks

[C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hanka to coil, Swedish hank string]

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hank

(hæŋk)

n.

1. skein (def. 1).

2. a specific length of thread or yarn according to the type of fiber, as 840 yards (768.1 m) for cotton or 300 yards (274.32 m) for linen.

3. a coil, knot, or loop: a hank of hair.

4. a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff.

[1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse hǫnk hank, coil, skein, clasp; akin to hang]

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Hank

 circular coil of anything flexible; a skein or coil of thread.

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hank

Past participle: hanked
Gerund: hanking

Imperative

hank

hank

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hank - a coil of rope or wool or yarn coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" skein - coils of worsted yarn

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hank

noun coil, roll, length, bunch, piece, loop, clump, skein He twisted up the hank of rope.

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Translations

شِلَّة صوف أو خيطان

přadeno

bundtnøgle

KnäuelSträhne

kieppilitsaratsastajavyyhti

écheveau

motring

hespa; hönk

matassacanestrello

sruoga

šķetere

pradeno

kangal

一卷一束

hank

[hæŋk] N [of wool] → madeja f; [of hair] → mechón m

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hank

[ˈhæŋk] n

[wool] → écheveau m

[hair] → touffe f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hank

n (of wool etc) → Strang m; (of hair, fur) → Büschel nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hank

[hæŋk] n (of wool) → matassa; (of hair) → ciocca (Naut) → garroccio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hank

(hӕŋk) noun

a coil or loop of rope, wool, string etc. hanks of knitting-wool. string شِلَّة صوف أو خيطان гранка novelo přadeno das Knäul bundt; nøgle κουλούρα νήματος, σκοινιού κτλ. madeja (lõnga)viht كلاف vyyhti écheveauסליל लच्छी kolut, prsten motring gulungan hespa; hönk matassa 糸のひとかせ (실, 방적 등의) 타래 sruoga (dzijas) šķetere gumpalan knot, klosbunt kłębek كلاوه ( دسپنيسو ) كړۍ ( دسپنيسو novelo scul моток pradeno klobčič klupko ögla, slinga, härva ขด kangal 一捲或一圈(粗繩、毛線、細繩等) моток سوت، اون وغیرہ کی لچھی cuộn len, sợi 一束，一卷

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