spontoon

Example Sentences

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Amidst a storm of iron hail Jasper leaped from one of the embrasures, recovered the flag, mounted it on his spontoon staff and unfurled it to the breeze.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

Holding his spontoon ready, but concealed under his coat, he stepped to the side of the door.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael

When Balbi wrote that his walls were hung with pictures of saints, it became a question of conveying the spontoon to him.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael

With his spontoon he tested the timbers, and found them so decayed that they almost crumbled at the touch.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael

The captain and lieutenant bore in their hands the partisan, which had already been a little diminished, and was called spontoon; the subordinate officers still carried the short pike.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav