Canifas-block (from the Dutch. Kinnebaks-block), single-pulley block, used to change the direction of traction of the cable during lifting and rigging work on the ship.
Canifas
To lay the cable in the envelope of the canifas block there is a folding part (cheek). Canifas blocks - odnoshkivnye metal or wooden blocks with an outer shell, in which one cheek is folded...