HANDSPIKE


Meaning of HANDSPIKE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhan(d)-ˌspīk ]

noun

Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch handspaak, from hand hand + spaak pole; akin to Old English spāca spoke

Date: 1615

: a bar used as a lever

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