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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a knot for shortening a line; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sheepshank \Sheep"shank`\, n. (Naut.)
   A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sheepshank
    n 1: a knot for shortening a line