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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing..
[…] the afterguard, of whom they have but a sorry opinion, chiefly landsmen, never going aloft except to reef or furl the mainsail and in no wise competent to handle a marlinspike or turn in a dead-eye, say.
There was / that interval of moonless calm filled only / with the water's and the rigging's usual sounds, / then sudden movement, blows and snarling cries / and they had fallen on us with machete / and marlinspike.
Use marlin spike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Marlin spike means A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing..
Common synonyms include marlinespike, marlingspike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] the afterguard, of whom they have but a sorry opinion, chiefly landsmen, never going aloft except to reef or furl the mainsail and in no wise competent to handle a marlinspike or turn in a dead-eye, say.
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