Marlinspike Hall (French: Le château de Moulinsart [mu.lɛ̃.saʁ]) is Captain Haddock's country house and family estate in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.[1][2]
The original French name of the hall, Moulinsart, is derived from Sart-Moulin, a village near Braine-l'Alleud in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. In an allusion to the Haddock family's maritime history, the hall's English name refers to the marlinspike, a tool used in seamanship to splice ropes. The Belgian corporation managing Hergé's work (principally Tintin) is also called Moulinsart S.A., now TintinImaginatio.
- ^ Farr 2011, p. 106.
- ^ "Cap sur le château de Moulinsart : épisode • 2/2 du podcast À la poursuite d'Archibald Haddock". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-11.