snowhook

noun

snowhook

noun

Etymology From snow + hook.

1

A hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.

  • Leaving the ship, I lifted snowhooks and sledded over toward the Canadian border.2013, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska:
  • A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News:

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