spontoon
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From Middle French sponton (also esponton), from Italian spontone, from spunta (“pike”).
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spontoon (plural spontoons)
- 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.
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- Espontoon Before Lewis & Clark, lewis-clark.org, retrieved 03/24/2009.