At Edwin's suggestion he clambered over first, and then Tom raised the young creature boldly until she was clear of the iron spikes.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
Jake will have that plate pinned down before your spikes are in!
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
We may here remark that Paul Hentzner in his "Travels in England," written in 1598, says in speaking of London Bridge:-"Upon this is built a tower, on whose top the heads of such as have been executed for high treason are placed on iron spikes; we counted about thirty."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews