spontoon
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spon·toon
(spŏn-to͞on′)n.
A short pike carried by infantry officers and sergeants in the 1700s.
[French sponton, from Italian spuntone : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando + puntone, kind of weapon, augmentative of punto, point (from Latin pūnctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to pierce, prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots).]
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spontoon
(spɒnˈtuːn)n
(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries
[C18: from French esponton, from Italian spuntone, from punto point]
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spon•toon
(spɒnˈtun)n.
a short pike used as a weapon in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[1590–1600; < French esponton]
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