bitch hook. A specific kind of hook attached to a chain to secure lumber.
After Grant Barrett posted this definition on the Double-Tongued Dictionary one of the commentators suggested that, “Given the use of the term in logging, French “buche” (= “log”) is a far more likely origin than “beche”. Pronunciation’s closer, too.” Barrett was unconvinced as am I. A perusal of the “dog” terms listed in the Dictionary of American Regional English suggests that loggers used dog as a part of the name of a great many tools, as in the cant or peavey hooks which are often referred to as dogs or dog hooks.
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1. Barrett, Grant. Nov 72007. Dictionary: Bitch Hook. Double-Tongued Dictionary. Accessed Jan 8 2009 from http:// www.doubletongued.org/ index.php/ dictionary/ bitch_hook/.
2. Ibid.
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