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spearpoint

[ speer-point ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spearpoint1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; spear 1, point

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Example Sentences

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

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

A stone spearpoint or arrowhead was laid on each lozenge-like tip of the zigzag lightning.

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

The Bird leaped into the air, his crest a bloody spearpoint.

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