"sheepshank" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃipˌʃæŋk/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-sheepshank.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sheepshanks [plural]
Etymology: Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sheep|shank|t2=part of the leg between the knee and ankle}} sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sheepshank (plural sheepshanks)
  1. (nautical) A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it. Categories (topical): Nautical, Knots Coordinate_terms: catshank, dogshank Translations (type of knot): възел за скъсяване на въже (vǎzel za skǎsjavane na vǎže) [masculine] (Bulgarian), trompetsteek [masculine] (Dutch), lyhennyssolmu (Finnish), trumpettisolmu (Finnish), nœud de jambe de chien [masculine] (French), узел камикадзе (uzel kamikadze) [masculine] (Russian), trumpetstek [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sheepshank-en-noun-jvuIfPp5 Disambiguation of Knots: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Topics: nautical, transport

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃiːpʃæŋk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃipˌʃæŋk/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-sheepshank.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sheepshanks [present, singular, third-person], sheepshanking [participle, present], sheepshanked [participle, past], sheepshanked [past]
Etymology: Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sheep|shank|t2=part of the leg between the knee and ankle}} sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sheepshank (third-person singular simple present sheepshanks, present participle sheepshanking, simple past and past participle sheepshanked)
  1. (transitive) To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot. Tags: transitive Translations (to shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot): скъсявам (skǎsjavam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-sheepshank-en-verb-yLGkSQF1

Inflected forms

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