Large hook or bracket used to hold tackle or spars; hooklike device of rope, wood or metal to secure ship's ropes, etc.
A device for holding something in place: as a grommet or a loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other; a ring of rope or metal; a loop of rope (as for a handle)

Saint Thomas circa 1118-1170 Thomas Becket archbishop of Canterbury (1162-70).