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half pike

half pike is the alternative form of half-pike.

Meaning of half-pike

Noun

half-pike (plural half-pikes)

  1. A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon
    • paying the Salute with the Halfpike1709-1711, The Tatler
  2. A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs.

Forms of half pike

pluralhalf pikes

Questions about half pike

What is half pike the alternative form of?
Half pike is the alternative form of half-pike.

Words near half pike in the dictionary

  1. half notes
  2. half orphan
  3. half orphans
  4. half past
  5. half pay
  6. half pike
  7. half pipe
  8. half pipes
  9. half polluted
  10. half pounder
  11. half pounders

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