How to pronounce“hank”in English
verbIPA/ˈheɪ̯ŋk/
Syllableshank
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noun
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
“1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, […] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire […] and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils […]”
noun
A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
verb
To form into hanks.
verb
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
“where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye”