How To Use handspike In A Sentence
- They were trained by handspikes with the aid of side-tackle and their recoil was limited by a stout rope, called the breeching, the ends of which were secured to the sides of the ship. Marvels of Modern Science
- The gun-carriage is rolled forward into firing position by handspikes or block and tackle.
- The mechanical advantage of a winch is the radius of the axle to the radius of the handspikes. Energy Bulletin -
- With the handspike socketed in the eyebolts, lifting the trail and laying the gun was easy.
- -- Heave up with the roller handspike under the end of the bracket on the side on which the truck is to be removed; handspikemen pass inside the breeching and place their handspikes under the axletree as near the truck as possible, and, assisted by 5 and 6, lift the gun while the shellman removes the old truck and side-tackleman puts on new one. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
- Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum.
- They swept through the ship with handspikes and hatchets moving with the fury of desperate men.
- Dearer than life itself to the cannoneer is the gun he serves, and these brave men fought hand to hand with handspikes, rammers, staves, and even stones. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI
- Handspike, tighten handle, leg support and other accessories are polished and chromeplated .
- With his left hand — for he was as ambidexter as a brave writer of this age requires — he caught up a handspike, and hurled it so truly along the line of torches that only two were left to blink; with his right he flung the last bale upon the shelf; then leaped out after it, and hurried it away. Mary Anerley