spontoon

[ spon-toon ]
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noun
  1. a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Origin of spontoon

1
1590–1600; <French esponton<Italian spuntone, equivalent to s-ex-1 + puntone kind of weapon (literally, pointed object) (punt(o) point + -one augmentative suffix)

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British Dictionary definitions for spontoon

spontoon

/ (spɒnˈtuːn) /


noun
  1. a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries

Origin of spontoon

1
C18: from French esponton, from Italian spuntone, from punto point

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