marlinspike - Kamus SABDA Mobile

Found 1 definition: marlinspike.

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun marlinspike has 1 senses

marlinspike(n = noun.artifact) marlinespike, marlingspike - a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing);
is a kind of hand tool

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

marlinspike, n. Naut. a pointed iron tool used to separate strands of rope or wire.

Etymology:
orig. app. marling-spike f. marl fasten with marline (f. Du. marlen frequent. of MDu. marren bind) + -ING(1) + SPIKE(1)