Marlin-spike
Full definition of marlin-spike
Noun
marlin-spike
(plural marlin-spikes)- 1877, R. Elton Smile, The Manatitlans; Or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S.A. Chapter 1
- 1946, United States Navy Department Bureau of Ships, Technical Bulletin No. 5: Instructions for the Design and Care of Wire Rope Installations Chapter Appendix B