spontoon

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He had just reached a spot where, by the assistance of his spontoon, he could stand with tolerable safety, when he heard a voice behind him cry out, “Good God, captain, what shall I do?”

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

Johnson and sir Joshua talked with pleasure of what they had seen; and, says Johnson, in a tone of admiration: "How the little fellow brandished his spontoon!"

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

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)

The wolves which had been feasting on these carcasses were very fat, and so gentle that one of them was killed with a spontoon.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

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