Meaning Of The Word Spontoon
What's the definition of Spontoon? Find Spontoon meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Spontoon Meaning
| Spontoon Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Spontoon?
spontoon in American English
a short pike or halberd carried by 18th-cent. infantry officers noun: a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries spontoon in British English noun: a form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- In residence ‐ actually resident; appointed to work at, and usually…
- Overfast ‐ adjective: too fast
- Deathwatch beetle ‐ a beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, whose woodboring…
- Back emission ‐ noun: the secondary emission of electrons from…
- Reinsurance ‐ noun: Reinsurance is insurance protection taken…
- Lubber line ‐ noun: a mark on a ship's compass that designates…
- Bats-wing coral-tree ‐ noun: a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio, of…
- Back-patting ‐ noun: an act or instance of offering praise or…
- Charter school ‐ an alternative school that is founded on a charter…
- Irish water spaniel ‐ any of a breed of spaniel with a liver-colored…