Other forms: hanks
A hank is a coil of wool or rope. A hank of string, a hank of yarn, wind a hank into a ball.
In knitting it is a specific quantity that has to be wound before use. A hank of rope on a boat is coiled so that it will pay out without catching.
1nounhankA coil of wool or rope.
“She bought a hank of undyed wool and wound it that evening.”
hank is a coil.
From Old Norse honk, related to haki, something bent, and so to hook.
Middle English
hank
English, today
hank
From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/gmq - origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire