spon|toon

spon|toon
spon|toon «spon TOON», noun.
a type of pike, having a short shaft, carried by officers, especially officers up to the rank of captain, in the British infantry from about 1740 until the early 1800's.
[< French esponton < Italian spontone, and spuntone, variant of puntone < punto a point < Latin pungere to pierce]

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