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Sheepshank
Übersetzung von "sheepshank" ins Russisch
sheepshank
Substantiv
UK
/ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/
US
/ˈʃipʃæŋk/
sheepshank
sheepshanks Pl.
шкотовый узел
The sailor tied a sheepshank to shorten the rope.
Моряк завязал шкотовый узел, чтобы укоротить веревку.
Definitionen
sheepshank
Substantiv
UK
/ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/
US
/ˈʃipʃæŋk/
A type of knot used to shorten a rope or take up slack, which is made by making two loops in the rope and then passing a bight of the rope through each loop.
The sailor used a sheepshank to adjust the length of the rope on the ship's deck.
(informal, often plural) A person’s leg, especially if thin or awkward-looking.
He stretched his weary sheepshanks before the next march.
The shank of a sheep prepared as meat or used as food.
The stew simmered slowly, rich with tender sheepshank.
sheepshank
Verb
UK
/ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/
US
/ˈʃipʃæŋk/
To shorten (a rope) by tying it in a sheepshank knot.
The deckhand sheepshanked the line to take up the slack.