spontoon
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He was now a solemn stalking-horse, bearing a rigid, buckram-mailed showman, whose only sound or movement resided in the plates of his armour, or his lath sword or gilded spontoon.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
The officers, I remember, carried what was formerly used in our service, a long sort of pole, with a head like a halberd, and called, I believe, a "spontoon."
From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by William Surtees
Recovered, he took up his spontoon, which he had placed in the gutter, and, assisted by it, he climbed back to the dormer.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Rafael Sabatini
"There is nothing in it," replied Goldsmith, starting up with impatience, "give me a spontoon; I can do it as well myself."
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Samuel Johnson
Amidst a storm of iron hail Jasper leaped from one of the embrasures, recovered the flag, mounted it on his spontoon staff and unfurled it to the breeze.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
