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gorge hook

noun

a fishhook with two barbed prongs; a hook made by fastening two hooks back to back at the shanks.

gorge¹(def 8).

Origin of gorge hook

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby gorge hook

gorehound, goren, gorey, gorgas, gorge, gorge hook, gorged, gorgeous, gorgerin, gorget, gorgias

Example sentences from the Web for gorge hook

This may account for so few pike being found dead after they have broken away with a gorge-hook in them.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various
The same objection formerly applied to live-baiting with what was known as a gorge-hook.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 |Various