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spontoon

[ spon-toon ]
/ spɒnˈtun /
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noun

a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.

RELATED WORDS

truncheon, nightstick, mace, bat, cane, club, rod, bludgeon, switch, stick, paddle, sap, blackjack, bastinado, ferule, shillelagh, cosh, billy, birch, shill

Nearby words

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  7. spoofery,
  8. spoofing,
  9. spook,
  10. spooky

Origin of spontoon

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

/ (spɒnˈtuːn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for spontoon

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