Engineering:Handspike
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Short description: Metal tool used for prying or leverage
A handspike is a metal bar or pipe that is used as a lever for prying or leverage, similar to a crowbar.[1] 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.[2][3]
On the Calder and Hebble Navigation in England, a handspike in the form of a length of 2-by-4-inch (5 by 10 cm) timber shaped at one end to provide a comfortable two-handed grip is used to operate the winding gear of some of the locks.
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