handspike

American  

[hand-spahyk] / ˈhændˌspaɪk /

noun

1. a bar used as a lever.

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handspike British  

/ ˈhændˌspaɪk /

noun

1. a bar or length of pipe used as a lever

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Etymology

Origin of handspike

1605–15; < Dutch handspaak ( see hand, spoke ²), with -spaak replaced by spike ¹

Example Sentences

I leapt ashore, seized a handspike, got it under the end of the stick, and prised it up quite clear of him.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

Friday went forward after a handspike, and Tom leaned his elbows on the rail and watched the approaching vessel.

From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry

Guy ropes were placed on each corner to guide it, in connection with a heavy handspike.

From The Mountains of Oregon by Steel, William Gladstone

But his gang of teamsters wanted him and his handspike, so he went on.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

As good cider as ever I drank was made in a hollowed log fitted with a press-block and operated by a handspike.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace