marlinespike
noun
a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
marlinspike,
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a variation of
marlinespike.
Example Sentences
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But before long Anne was back in the pirate ship, as active as any of her male shipmates with cutlass and marlinspike, always one of the leaders in boarding a prize.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse
I got a good insight, however, into the uses of the serving-mallet, the fid, marlinspike and winch, and did something with the needle and palm.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
When he gave the signal I tossed the marlinspike.
From Tales of the Fish Patrol by George Varian
Then would you kindly go to Captain Spark and ask him for a left-handed marlinspike?
From Bob the Castaway by Frank V. Webster
How do you like me now?—smooth as a marlinspike and my hair trimmed in the latest fashion, so old Bones says.
From Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith
