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SPONTOON
Etymology
Noun
spontoon (plural spontoons)
A pointed weapon similar to a pike.
• "That the commissioned Officers shall severally be armed with a sword or hanger, and espontoon; and [...]"; Second Militia Act of 1792.
Hypernyms
• spear
• polearm
Anagrams
• no-no spot, pontoons
Source: Wiktionary
Spon*toon", n. Etym: [F. sponton, esponton, it. spontone, spuntone.] (Mil.)
Definition: A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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