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morris-pikes

morris-pikes is the plural of morris-pike.

Meaning of morris-pike

Noun

morris-pike (plural morris-pikes)

  1. (obsolete) A long pike at the time believed to have been of Moorish origin.
    • Make this for a general rule, all long staves, Morris pikes, Forest bills, Javelins, or such like long weapons, of what sort soever, being above the true lengths, the shortest has the advantage, because they can cross and uncross in shorter time than can the longer.1599, George Silver, Paradoxes of Defense

Questions about morris-pikes

What is morris-pikes the plural of?
Morris-pikes is the plural of morris-pike.

Words near morris-pikes in the dictionary

  1. Morris water maze
  2. Morris water mazes
  3. morris-dancer
  4. morris-dancers
  5. morris-pike
  6. morris-pikes
  7. Morrisburg
  8. Morrisean
  9. morrised
  10. morrises
  11. Morrisette

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