handspike
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of handspike
1605–15; < Dutch handspaak ( see hand, spoke 2), with -spaak replaced by spike 1
Example Sentences
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Big as he was the suit he had on that day was too large, and hung on him like a purser's shirt on a handspike.
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.
The handspike, or lever, I had was a pole of considerable length.
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward
Then one threw down his axe and another his handspike and they all sneaked off toward the bow of the ship.
From My Service in the U.S. Colored Cavalry A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, March 4, 1908 by Browne, Frederick W.
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
Nay; the man, though short in stature, was as thin as a handspike.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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