marlinespikes
Meaning of marlinespikes
plural noun
a pointed metal tool used by sailors to separate strands of rope or wire.
early 17th century (originally as marling spike ): from marling, present participle of marl ‘fasten with marline’ (from Dutch marlen ‘keep binding’) + spike1.
Information about marlinespikes
- It is a name.
- The singular form of marlinespikes is: marlinespike.
- Languages in which marlinespikes is used:
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Hyphenation of marlinespikes
mar-line-spikes
- It consists of 3 syllables and 13 chars.
- marlinespikes is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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