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Marlinespike

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
marlingspikemarlinspike
plural
Marlinespikes
possessive
Marlinespike's
pluralpossessive
Marlinespikes'