snowhook

English

Etymology

snow +‎ hook

Noun

snowhook (plural snowhooks)

  1. A hook used to anchor a sled to snow or ice.
    • 2013, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska:
      Leaving the ship, I lifted snowhooks and sledded over toward the Canadian border.
    • 2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News‎:
      A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.
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