shack 2 v
1 Of trawl-lines and hooks, to clean and repair.
Q 67-48 Shacking gear is cleaning the trawl, putting on new hooks, suds, or gingins, and checking all knots. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 241 To shack gear is to mend trawls. C 75-28 The repairing of trawls was known as 'shackin' trawl.'
2 In phr shack in, ~ down: to coil trawl-lines in a tub.
P 113-79 One man hauls, the other shacks. [When shacking in,] the hooks on the suds are placed in spiral fashion.
