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spontoon

noun

  1. A pointed weapon similar to a pike.

    "That the commissioned Officers shall severally be armed with a sword or hanger, and espontoon; and [...]"; Second Militia Act of 1792.

Where it comes from

From Middle French sponton (also esponton), from Italian spontone, from spunta (“pike”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry spontoon (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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