Definition & Meaning | English word HALF-PIKE
HALF-PIKE
Definitions of HALF-PIKE
- (military) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon
- (diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs.
Number of letters
9
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using HALF-PIKE in a Sentence
- A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike.
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