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A hook as a hand tool is used for securing and moving loads. It consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 8" long projecting at a right angle from the center of the handle. The appliance is held in a closed fist with the hook projecting between two fingers. This type of hook is used in many different industries, and has many different names. It may be called a box hook, cargo hook, loading hook, docker's hook when used by longshoremen, and a baling hook, bale hook, or hay hook in the agricultural industry. Other variants exist, such as in forestry, for moving logs, and a type with a long shaft, used by city workers to remove manhole covers. Smaller hooks may also be used in food processing and transport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.horniman.ac.uk/collections/browse-our-collections/authority/term/identifier/term-503654 )〕 ==Longshoreman's hook== The longshoreman's hook was historically used by longshoremen (stevedores). Before the age of containerization, freight was moved on and off ships with extensive manual labor, and the longshoreman's hook was the basic tool of the dockworker. The hook became an emblem of the longshoreman's profession in the same way that a hammer and anvil are associated with blacksmiths, or the pipe wrench with plumbers. When longshoremen went on strike or retired, it was known as "hanging up the hook" or "slinging the hook", and the newsletter for retired members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's Seattle Local is called ''The Rusty Hook''(). A longshoreman's hook was often carried by hooking it through the belt. Some cargo items are liable to be damaged if pulled at with a longshoreman’s hook: hence the "Use No Hooks" warning sign. () A longshoreman's hook looks somewhat intimidating, and as it was also associated with strong tough dockworkers, it became a commonly used weapon in crime fiction, similar to the ice pick. For example, in an episode of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' entitled ''Shopping for Death'', a character is murdered (off screen) using a longshoreman's hook. It was sometimes used as a weapon and means of intimidation in real life as well; the book ''Joey the Hit Man: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer'' 〔''Joey the Hit Man: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer'', by Joey with David Fisher, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002, ISBN 1-56025-393-2 ()〕 states "''One guy who used to work on the docks was called Charlie the Hook. If he didn't like you he would pick you up with his hook.''" In the 1957 New York drama film Edge of the City, two longshoremen settle their dispute in a deadly baling hook fight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hook (hand tool)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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