Marlinspike

Quick meaning: Marlinspike is a noun meaning A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.

Meaning

A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.

Example Sentences

[…] 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.

Word Forms

• marlinspikes
• marlin spike
• marlinespike
• marline spike
• marlingspike
• marling spike

Synonyms for marlinspike

Depending on context, synonyms include marlinespike, marlingspike.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marlinespike, marlingspike, marlin-spike, handspike, pricker, hand-spike.

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