A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.

Alternative form of switchhook

(engineering) A spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

billhook

A hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.

Alternative spelling of boathook

Alternative name for the Inglefield clip

A hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.

Alternative form of reaping hook

(combat sports) A joint lock where the attacker isolates an opponent's leg between his or her own legs, and then twists the opponent's ankle with the aim of causing pain or injury to the opponent's ankle or knee.