Definition of Hook spanner

1. Noun. A wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head.

Exact synonyms: Hook Wrench
Generic synonyms: Spanner, Wrench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hook Spanner

hook, line and sinker
hook-billed
hook-nosed
hook above
hook and eye
hook in
hook line and sinker
hook of hamate bone
hook of spiral lamina
hook on
hook shot
hook shots
hook someone up
hook spanner (current term)
hook turn
hook up with
hook wrench
hooka
hookah
hookahs
hookas
hookbill
hookbills
hookean behaviour
hooked
hooked bone
hooked bundle of Russell

Literary usage of Hook spanner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"Box, 15° Angle Chuck J Pin-face, For Round Nuts Having Holes in their Face to Receive the two Wrench Pins hook spanner, Milled out to suit Round Nuts Having ..."

2. Standard Practical Plumbing: Being a Complete Encyclopædia for Practical by Philip John Davies (1896)
"Boiler Screw, hook spanner and Pliers. Fig. 1692 is a pair of two-hole pliers, which are very handy for screwing up the nut of a single-nutted boiler screw ..."

3. Installation, Care, and Operation of 25 Kw. Gasoline-electric Generating by United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1916)
"383 hook spanner for parts Nos. 189 and 203. 384 hook spanner for part No. 187. 385 hook spanner for part No. 257. 386 Valve remover. 387 Spanner for No. ..."

4. Schlomann-oldenbourg illustrierte technische Wörterbücher by Alfred Schlomann (1910)
"... (m) a short elbowed box spanner clé (f) à douilles coudée Hakenschlüssel (m) hook spanner 4 clé (f) à crochet, clé (f) à téton Stiftschlüssel (m),Gabel- ..."

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