handspike

American  

[hand-spahyk] / ˈhændˌspaɪk /

noun

1. a bar used as a lever.

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handspike British  

/ ˈhændˌspaɪk /

noun

1. a bar or length of pipe used as a lever

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Etymology

Origin of handspike

1605–15; < Dutch handspaak ( see hand, spoke ²), with -spaak replaced by spike ¹

Example Sentences

Then he gave Frank a handspike that lay close by, and between them they prized up one end of a log so that he could slip a chain sling under it.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold

For all that, Jardine was forced to use a handspike and Jimmy saw that to build a log-pile demanded strength and skill.

From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold

My "handspike" was turned over, and with it dissipated the disgust with which I had carried it.

From Four Years A Scout and Spy by Downs, E. C.

Then one threw down his axe and another his handspike and they all sneaked off toward the bow of the ship.

From My Service in the U.S. Colored Cavalry A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, March 4, 1908 by Browne, Frederick W.

The other man said that he was, and Webster waved his handspike.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold