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Forehook vs Forehock - What's the difference?

forehook | forehock |

As nouns the difference between forehook and forehock

is that forehook is (nautical) a piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook while forehock is the hock from the foreleg of a pig.

forehook

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
    • (Webster 1913)

    forehock

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fore-hock

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The hock from the foreleg of a pig