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spike planks

spike planks is the plural of spike plank.

Meaning of spike plank

Noun

spike plank (plural spike planks)

  1. (obsolete) A platform before the mizzenmast of a vessel, used in Arctic voyages so that a sailor standing on it can see further ahead and pilot the ship out of the ice.

Questions about spike planks

What is spike planks the plural of?
Spike planks is the plural of spike plank.

Words near spike planks in the dictionary

  1. spike mosses
  2. spike oil
  3. spike oils
  4. Spike Park
  5. spike plank
  6. spike planks
  7. spike poison
  8. spike protein
  9. spike proteins
  10. spike someone's guns
  11. spike strip

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