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Meaning of half-pike | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon
A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs.

Examples

“1709-1711, The Tatler paying the Salute with the Halfpike”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

half-pint half-pipe half-plane half-plate half-port half-pounder