The Collaborative International Dictionary
Can hook \Can" hook`\ A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
Usage examples of "can hook".
They dig holes in the water down to where spilt cargoes lie on the bottom, so the cranes can hook them.
I can hook up a barrel full to the brim and put 'er where I want—.
In that case you can hook up with one of the regulars out of Rundell's marina.
I think we can hook this do-boodle up as soon as we get to our place in Lincoln Head.
Hell, we've got a satellite dish, so we can hook up a TV in the pub and even get real news.
I can hook this up, when I need to, to my computer and generate a graphic printout of the size and density of the force and other pertinent data.
Just because I can hook a shark from a boat, I do no offer to wrestle it in the water.
He can hook up to the database from his home computer and make it look like the contact came from Timbuktu.