A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
Hold; influence.
When the devil hath got such a hank over him.
A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay. (Naut.)
A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward. (Wrestling)