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8 Letter Words for Spontoon
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Definitions for Spontoon
[1] a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[2] a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries
Words related to Spontoon
truncheon, nightstick, mace, bat, cane, club, rod, bludgeon, switch, stick, paddle, sap, blackjack, bastinado, ferule, shillelagh, cosh, billy, birch, shill
Words nearby Spontoon
spontaneous intermittent mandatory ventilation, spontaneous mutation, spontaneous pneumothorax, spontaneous recovery, spontaneous version, spontoon, spoof, spoofery, spoofing, spook, spooky
Origin of Spontoon
1590–1600; < French esponton < Italian spuntone, equivalent to s- ex-1 + puntone kind of weapon (literally, pointed object) (punt(o ) point + -one augmentative suffix)
Word origin for Spontoon
C18: from French esponton, from Italian spuntone, from punto point
Synonyms for Spontoon
nightstick, truncheon, bastinado, bat, billy, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, cane, club, cosh, ferule, mace, paddle, rod, sap, shill, shillelagh, stick, switch, billyclub