Meaning of ravehook | Babel Free

Definitions

A hooked hand tool for widening the seams of a boat to receive oakum.

historical

Examples

“2012, J. E. Fender, The Lucifer Cypher Small fires […] smoldered in half a dozen places, where the few workmen paying oakum into Hampshires hull seams with ravehooks' would periodically repair to warm themselves.”

“2014, Laura London, The Windflower But the ship's carpenter had cut his hand open on a ravehook while cleaning out some old caulking on the fo'c'sle, and Cat stayed aloft to attend him.”

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