marlinspike
Meaning of marlinspike
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 marlinspike
- It is a name.
- The plural form of marlinspike is: marlinspikes.
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Hyphenation of marlinspike
mar-lin-spike
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- marlinspike is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
marlinspike synonyms
Meaning marlinespike:
Words that rhyme with marlinspike
Pike, pike, pitchpike, demipike, Hallpike, rampike, disturnpike, ranpike, shunpike, turnpike, garpike, Spike, handspike, marlinespike, marlingspike, muspike, polyspike, spike, unspike
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