Obs. SPIKE-HOLE.

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1586.  J. Hooker, Hist. Irel., in Holinshed, II. 93/2. He perceived one of the enemies leveling at the window or spike at which he stood.

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1633.  T. Stafford, Pac. Hib., I. ix. 64. Where from out of a Spike, they slewe foure of our men. Ibid., III. viii. 317. A spike or window that … commands that part of the barbicon of the Castle.

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