wrecking bar

American  

noun

1. pinch bar.

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wrecking bar British  

noun

1. a short crowbar, forked at one end and slightly angled at the other to make a fulcrum

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Etymology

Origin of wrecking bar

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

He took pictures of Scotty, with wrecking bar, prying at likely places in the exposed part of the ship.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

Rick tied his camera to a projection, then took his wrecking bar and looked for a place to start.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

In one place his prying disturbed another moray, who demonstrated his anger at the intruders by trying to fasten his needle teeth in the wrecking bar.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

Each carried a spear gun in one hand and a wrecking bar in the other.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

Debra was holding my cowl and wrecking bar.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory