sheepshank
sheeps·hank
noun
1.
a knot for shortening a line
Origin
Originally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear.
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