ravehook

A noun referring to a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum.

• 🇩🇪Ein Handwerkzeug mit einem Haken, das verwendet wird, um Bootsnähte für das Kalfatern vorzubereiten.

1. Boat caulking tool C2 formal

   A hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a wooden boat for oakum during the caulking process.

   • The shipwright used a ravehook to clean out the old pitch from the seams.
   • Before applying the oakum, the seam was carefully scraped with a ravehook.
   • A ravehook is essential for properly preparing a wooden hull for caulking.

   🇩🇪Werkzeug zum Kalfatern von Booten