Definitions
a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum
Used in a sentence
“Small fires […] smoldered in half a dozen places, where the few workmen paying oakum into Hampshires hull seams with ravehooks' would periodically repair to warm themselves.”
“But the ship's carpenter had cut his hand open on a ravehook while cleaning out some old caulking on the fo'c'sle, and Cat stayed aloft to attend him.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Boat caulking tool”8 letters
02“Deck-seam tool”8 letters
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