- A
spontoon,
sometimes known by the
variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of
European polearm that came into
being alongside the pike...
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similar to
other types of polearm, such as the halberd, pike, ranseur,
spontoon, ox tongue, or spetum. The
arrival of
practical firearms and
bayonet led...
- fork Ox
tongue spear Partisan Pike Plançon a
picot Ranseur Sarissa Spetum Spontoon Trident Glaive ****oa (Māori, New Zealand)
Iklwa (Zulu)
Makrigga (Zande)...
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sergeants continued to
carry halberds until 1793, when they were
replaced by
spontoons. The 18th-century
halberd had, however,
become simply a
symbol of rank...
- the sergeants'
spontoons would be
bound together in a
triangle frame to
which the
unfortunate soldier could be tied and lashed.
Spontoons driven into the...
- A
variety of
polearms consisting of
morning stars, halberds, partisans,
spontoons, war scythes, and a
ranseur in the center...
- did not
carry a musket, but
instead used a type of
short pike
known as a
spontoon. Ken
Anderson Msc (2007). "The
Early Days of
Digital Computing in the British...
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suffix "amateur sport" from the name. The club's
badge features a
white spontoon or halberd—from
where the club gets the
nickname Gli
Alabardati (The Halberded)—on...
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considered distinctly Baltimorean. The word
itself derives from that of the
spontoon, a
polearm carried by
British Army
infantry officers during the Revolutionary...
- valaška (European)
Sparth Axe (European)
Tabarzin (Middle Eastern) Tomahawk,
Spontoon Tomahawk, also
thrown (American)
Tlaximaltepoztli (American) Vechevoral...
