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spontoon

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spon·toon  (spn-tn)
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 pnctum, 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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I remember when in my younger days I had heard of the wonders of Italian painting, I fancied the great pictures would be great strangers; some surprising combination of color and form; a foreign wonder, barbaric pearl and gold, like the spontoons and standards of the militia, which play such pranks in the eyes and imaginations of school-boys.
 
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