What is "spike team"

Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[=i]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. Spine.]

1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

   He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.
   --Addison.

3. An ear of corn or grain.

4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

   Spike grass (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses ( Uniola paniculata, and U. latifolia) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.

   Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush.

   Spike shell (Zo["o]l.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having a slender conical shell.

   Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span.

n. (context US English) Three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span.

Spike Team is an Italian animated series created by Andrea Lucchetta, and produced by Rai Fiction, Lucky Dreams and Graphilm. It revolves around a group of six volleyball beginners and their coach, Lucky.

The first season aired in Italy from November 2010 to May 2011, while the second season from July 17, 2014; the third one, along with a live-action, is in production.

A special 40-minute long episode, Il sogno di Brent (Brent's Dream), was presented in September 2012 during the Paralympic Games and opened, on December 3, the European Day of People with Disabilities. It then aired in Italy on December 1, 2013.