Cant Hook (Noun)
Meaning
A peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The logger reached for his cant hook, realizing a hook was safer to maneuver around these smaller logs.
- Foresters always stressed proper technique and grip on a cant hook, noting leverage relied on handle placement and shoulder posture.
- Among hand tools useful to handling timbers included log tongs and cant hook near fire safety information around remote outcrops in trail clearances.
- Foremen also supplied every road crew vehicle with ropes and cant hooks to help extract logs or accidently displaced machinery from embankments.
- They made sure that cant hook equipment were thoroughly replaced every ten years by which point maintenance costs for recertifying cant hooks, as certified, recertified or condemned often exceeded expenses for outright replacement.