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spearpoint

[ speer-point ]
/ ˈspɪərˌpɔɪnt /
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noun

the point at the end of a spearhead.
a spearhead.

Nearby words

  1. spearhead,
  2. spearing,
  3. spearman,
  4. spearman's rank-order coefficient,
  5. spearmint,
  6. spears,
  7. spearwort,
  8. spec,
  9. spec sheet,
  10. spec.

Origin of spearpoint

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at spear1, point
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Examples from the Web for spearpoint

  • It is, however, occasionally seen on articles of stone, as the spearpoint and stone hatchet and sacrificial knife.

    Day Symbols of the Maya Year|Cyrus Thomas

  • Mallory raised his hand to his helmet and felt the sizable dent that the spearpoint had made.

    A Knyght Ther Was|Robert F. Young

  • The army was the spearpoint of Prussia; the rest was merely the haft.

    Winning a Cause|John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood