spontoon

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One weighed tentatively that delicate weapon, a spontoon; a second stroked his halberd, as liking to feel the smoothness of the shaft, while a third reached for a gleaming "Folard's Partizan."

From The Lady of the Mount by Isham, Frederic Stewart

Seest thou not how many a sergeant grows grey with his spontoon that deserved to have a company before many others.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

Upon this the two young men came running out; one caught up a partisan from the rack which stood there, the other seized the spontoon of his father.

From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington

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 Surtees, William

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 Judson, L. Carroll