swine's-feather
noun
variants or less commonly swine's-pike
ˈ⸗ˌ⸗
plural swine's-feathers also swine's-pikes
: a stake or spear resembling a bayonet formerly fixed in a musket rest or placed in the ground to hinder cavalry
Word History
Etymology
translation of German schweinsfeder; so called from its being originally used as a hunting weapon
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