1. a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing); [syn: marlinespike, marlinspike, marlingspike]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
marlinespike
n 1: a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands
of a rope or cable (as in splicing) [syn: marlinespike,
marlinspike, marlingspike]