spontoon
Example Sentences
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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 Rafael Sabatini
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 Rafael Sabatini
The officers, I remember, carried what was formerly used in our service, a long sort of pole, with a head like a halberd, and called, I believe, a "spontoon."
From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by William Surtees
The broad lance subsisted till lately in the halberd; the spear and framea in the long pike and spontoon; the missile weapons in the war hatchet, or North American tomahawk.
From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus
Turning short, Lewis plunged into the river to mid-waist and faced about with his spontoon at the bear's nose.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
