hankyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[hank 词源字典]
hank: see hook
[hank etymology, hank origin, 英语词源]
hank (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 13c., "a loop of rope" (in nautical use), probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hönk "a hank, coil," hanki "a clasp (of a chest);" ultimately related to hang (v.). From 1550s as a length of yarn or thread.