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boathook

British

/ ˈbəʊtˌhʊk /

noun

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

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

“Yes, what is it, sir?” replied the lad who held the boathook.

From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Louis Arundel

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