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The sheepshank is “a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.” -Whitney, 1911

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William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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