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spontoon
spon·toon
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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.
Also called
half-pike
.
Origin:
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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spontoon
(spɒnˈtuːn)
—
n
a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries
[C18: from French
esponton,
from Italian
spuntone,
from
punto
point
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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