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Spontoon
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(Fr. esponton, Ital. spontone, from Lat. punctum, point, pungere, to prick), a weapon carried by infantry officers in the 17th and early 18th centuries. It was a type of the partisan or halberd (q.v.), a shafted weapon with a special form of spear head.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Spontoon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/spontoon.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Spontoon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/spontoon.html. 1910.
