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boathook

British  
/ ˈbəʊtˌhʊk /

noun

  1. a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I also have a boathook ready, secured to the ladder or side railing with Velcro or a bungee cord.

From Time Magazine Archive

No, simply reach out with your boathook and lift the clean, dry pennant off the unusual Y-shaped plank.

From Time Magazine Archive

He watched while $20 was paid for a boathook, $160 for the Britannia's red & green sidelights, and $1,500 by an enthusiastic ex-M.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eventually they found a boathook, snagged the man’s boat, and dragged it alongside the workshop.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

“Yanked him in with a boathook, I suppose,” said his father.

From The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Davenport, Spencer

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