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spontoon
[ spon-toon ]
noun
- a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
spontoon
/ spɒnˈtuːn /
noun
- a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spontoon1
C18: from French esponton, from Italian spuntone, from punto point
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Example Sentences
My mercer had his spontoon in his hand, as if he measured his cloth by that implement, instead of a legitimate yard.
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When Balbi wrote that his walls were hung with pictures of saints, it became a question of conveying the spontoon to him.
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Holding his spontoon ready, but concealed under his coat, he stepped to the side of the door.
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Spontoon' (to an elderly military-looking servant out of livery),'take away these things, and answer the bell yourself, if I ring.
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I must send Spontoon to see what she is about; he will find her out among the old regimental connections.
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