a heavy bar used as a lever, as in turning a capstan
Origin of handspike
altered (by associated, association with spike) from Dutch handspaeke (modern Dutch handspaak) from hand, hand + spaeke, rod, polehandspike
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handspike
noun
A bar used as a lever.
Origin of handspike
Alteration of Dutch handspaak hand hand ( from Middle Dutch hant ) spaak spoke ( from Middle Dutch spāke stick )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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