grommet vs hank

grommet

verb
  • To fasten using a grommet. 

  • To apply grommets. 

  • To insert a grommet into. 

noun
  • A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet. 

  • A boy serving on a ship. 

  • A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay. 

  • An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard. 

  • A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder. 

hank

verb
  • To fasten with a rope, as a gate. 

  • To form into hanks. 

noun
  • A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down. 

  • A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope. 

  • Doubt, difficulty. 

  • A rope or withe for fastening a gate. 

  • Mess, tangle. 

  • A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward. 

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