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Definition of Marlinspike
1. Noun. A pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing).
Definition of Marlinspike
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of marlinespike) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marlinspike
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlinspike
Literary usage of Marlinspike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"The Gent'man in Black then told marlinspike that he must keep up a good lively
flame under ... So marlinspike was left alone in the ante-chamber I spoke of, ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"The Gent'man in Black then told marlinspike that he must keep up a good lively
flame under ... So marlinspike was left alone in the ante-chamber I spoke of, ..."
3. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the by Roald Amundsen (1913)
"This time we were better supplied with sounding tackle: two reels of thread, a
marlinspike, and our geological hammer. First the marlinspike was sent down ..."
4. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1861)
"On this occasion, however, Bill Williams, in his hurry to get the rope spliced
and sail set again, as quick as thought seized on a marlinspike without ..."
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