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Boarding pike

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(Naut.)

a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it.

See also: Boarding

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It was a common belief among his neighbors that he had been a pirate--if upon any better evidence than his collection of boarding pikes, cutlasses, and ancient flintlock pistols, no one knew.

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