spontoon

(spän to̵̅o̅n)

noun

a short pike or halberd carried by 18th-cent. infantry officers

Origin: Fr sponton < It spuntone < s- (< L ex-) + punto < L punctum, a point

See spontoon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A short pike carried by infantry officers and sergeants in the 18th century.

Origin:

Origin: French sponton

Origin: , from Italian spuntone

Origin: : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando

Origin: + puntone, kind of weapon

Origin: , augmentative of punto, point (from Latin pūnctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to pierce, prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots)

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