spon·toon (sp n-t n )n. A short pike carried by infantry officers and sergeants in the 18th century. [French sponton, from Italian spuntone : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando + puntone, kind of weapon, augmentative of punto, point (from Latin p  nctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to pierce, prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots).] |
spontoon [spɒnˈtuːn]
n
(Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries
[from French esponton, from Italian spuntone, from punto point]
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