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Webster 1913 Edition

Spontoon

Spon-toon′

(spŏn-toōn′)
,
Noun.
[F.
sponton
,
esponton
, It.
spontone
,
spuntone
.]
(Mil.)
A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spontoon

SPONTOON

,
Noun.
A kind of half pike; a military weapon borne by officers of infantry.

Definition 2024

spontoon

spontoon

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spontoon ‎(plural spontoons)

  1. A pointed weapon similar to a pike.
    • "That the commissioned Officers shall severally be armed with a sword or hanger, and espontoon; and [...]"; Second Militia Act of 1792.

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