drag-hook
1. A hook used for dragging.
| 1530 Palsgr. 215/1 Draghoke, crocq. 1653 Walton Angler x. 193 You may..take it up with a drag-hook. 1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante's Inferno xxi. 253 They lowered their drag-hooks. 1870 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §3038 The drag-hook is another implement for clearing away obstructions in angling..It consists of three stout iron hooks placed back to back. |
2. The hook of a drag-chain: see drag n. 9.