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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