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

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

About thirty or forty men, each armed with a spontoon, a bow, and arrows, stood drawn up on a rising ground close by the village.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

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

Only a quick thrust of his spontoon into the cliff saved him from falling almost a hundred feet.

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)