spontoon

Example Sentences

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Recovered, he took up his spontoon, which he had placed in the gutter, and, assisted by it, he climbed back to the dormer.

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

I felt a momentary solace in hearing him order one of his men to follow with the armchair, where my spontoon was still concealed.

From The True Story Book by Lang, Andrew

Figure 4 shows an Austrian officers' spontoon, used about the seventeenth century.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

He was now a solemn stalking-horse, bearing a rigid, buckram-mailed showman, whose only sound or movement resided in the plates of his armour, or his lath sword or gilded spontoon.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

He had just reached a spot where, by the assistance of his spontoon, he could stand with tolerable safety, when he heard a voice behind him cry out, 'Good God, captain, what shall I do?'

From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Brooks, Noah