cant-hook
(ˈkænthʊk)
[f. cant v.2 + hook.]
† 1. pl. north. dial. ‘The fingers’ (Halliwell).
2. U.S. A form of lever for canting over or turning timber, etc., consisting of a wooden bar with an iron catch or hooked arm near its lower end which passes over the log, grips it, and so affords a hold by which it may be pulled over; called also cant-dog.
| a 1848 in Bartlett Dict. Amer. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 206/2 Chinese laborers easily roll them down upon the cars, aiding themselves with cant-hooks, jack-screws. |