spontoon

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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 Sabatini, Rafael

Casanova went first, on all fours, and thrusting the point of his spontoon between the joints of the lead sheeting so as to obtain a hold, he crawled slowly upwards.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael

Turning short, Lewis plunged into the river to mid-waist and faced about with his spontoon at the bear's nose.

From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Figure 4 shows an Austrian officers' spontoon, used about the seventeenth century.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Using as a whetstone a small slab of black marble, similarly acquired, he had shaped that bolt into a sharp octagonal-pointed chisel or spontoon.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael