Sheepshank

Перевод слова "sheepshank" на Русский язык

sheepshank

Существительное

/ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/

/ˈʃipʃæŋk/

sheepshank

sheepshanks множ.

шкотовый узел

The sailor tied a sheepshank to shorten the rope.

Моряк завязал шкотовый узел, чтобы укоротить веревку.

Опеределения

sheepshank

Существительное

/ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/

/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

Глагол

/ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/

/ˈʃipʃæŋk/

To shorten (a rope) by tying it in a sheepshank knot.

The deckhand sheepshanked the line to take up the slack.