hank

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
2. özel isim A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
3. isim A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

   “1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, […] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire […] and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils […]”

4. isim A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
5. isim Doubt, difficulty.
6. isim Mess, tangle.
7. isim A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
8. isim Hold; influence.

   “Seldom doth a man fall into a Preſumptuous Sin, but vvhere the Devil hath got ſuch a hanke over him, […]”

9. isim A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
10. fiil To form into hanks.
11. fiil To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

    “where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye”