Unscramble

s 1 h 4 e 1 e 1 p 3 s 1 h 4 a 1 n 1 k 5

10 letters · 22 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a knot for shortening a line

originOriginally sheepshank knot or sheepshanks knot, from sheep + shank (“part of the leg between the knee and ankle”); the connection between the knot and a sheep’s leg is unclear.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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