Handspike
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handspike-260-13812738
title:
Handspike
text:
A handspike is a metal bar or pipe that is used as a lever for prying or leverage, similar to a crowbar. Handspike is also an archaic term for a bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various other purposes. On the Calder and Hebble Navigation in England, a handspike in the form of a length of 2-by-4-inch timber shaped at one end to provide a comfortable two-handed grip is used to operate the winding gear of some of the loc
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description:
Metal tool used for prying or leverage
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handspike
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2021-07-05T17:17:36Z
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