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cant-hook [< cant a slabbed log + hook] Lumbering

• n. a pole having at the lower end a steel device consisting of an arm equipped with a sharp, hooked point which, when the arm is slipped over a log, permits the user to roll, lever, or to otherwise direct the log.

  See also: peavey  

  • 1889  Lighter logs are rolled up with cant-hooks. . . .
  • 1912  . . . then mounting it canthook in hand, he began to roll it on the bunk. . . .
  • 1963  . . . they too await the logs with peevies and cant hooks.