spontoon

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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

My mercer had his spontoon in his hand, as if he measured his cloth by that implement, instead of a legitimate yard.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

In a collection at the Douglas House, in Houghton, Portage Lake, are ornaments of this kind, and also some spear-heads, nicely wrought and similar in shape and size to the blade of a spontoon.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

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