'Clove hook' definitions:

Definition of 'Clove hook'

From: GCIDE

Clove \Clove\, imp. of Cleave. Cleft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch.
Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. --Knight. [1913 Webster]