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noun
A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hand tool
History
From marline + spike.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
