jack chain

American  

noun

1. a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.

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Etymology

Origin of jack chain

First recorded in 1630–40

Example Sentences

In the mid-1980s, a former A.&P. executive published a book “The Rise and Decline of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company” even as A.&P. continued to expand, buying Waldbaum’s and the Food Emporium chain in New York City and the Farmer Jack chain in the Midwest.

From New York Times

"Oh," replied the other, "you misunderstand me; I don't want the fowl; but I am to play Oroonoko this evening, and we cannot begin for want of the jack chain."

From Project Gutenberg