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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As they approached the level at the foot of the slope, the man who drove them ran back, and slipping his handspike under it, swung the butt of the log round an obstacle.
From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert
The sailors having hurried into the boats, the lieutenant seized a handspike, and knocking off the fastening of the hatchway, left it so that a very moderate amount of strength would force it up.
From Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
But that near ox has a trick of stickin' over stumps, an' I had obliged to cut a handspike to him.
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely
At that period the pump windlass had not superseded the intermitting efforts of the old handspike.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
For all that, Jardine was forced to use a handspike and Jimmy saw that to build a log-pile demanded strength and skill.
From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold
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