hank

hank  (hngk)

n.

1. A coil or loop.

2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the head 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. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn

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

3. (Mathematics & Measurements / 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

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

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

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

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.

Translations

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

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hank [ˈhæŋk] n

[wool] → écheveau m

[hair] → touffe f

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hank

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

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

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

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hank

n hank [hӕŋk]

a coil or loop of rope, wool, string etc hanks of knitting-wool. string شِلَّة صوف أو خيطان гранка přadeno bundt; nøgle das Knäul κουλούρα νήματος, σκοινιού κτλ. madeja (lõnga)viht كلاف vyyhti écheveau סְלִיל लच्छी kolut, prsten motring gulungan hespa; hönk matassa 糸のひとかせ (실, 방적 등의) 타래 sruoga (dzijas) šķetere gumpalan knot, klos bunt kłębek 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 一卷绞