A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon[1] or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike. The spontoon was in common use from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century, but it was used to a much lesser extent as a military weapon and ceremonial implement until the late 19th century.
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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...
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...
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...
throwing weapon, the pipe tomahawk was a ceremonial and diplomatic tool. Spontoon tomahawk: A French trapper and Iroquois collaboration, this was an axe...
the heart-shaped blade may have been the ornate European pole-arm, the spontoon. The introduction of forged iron and steel knives from European settlers...
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...
Barrell's regiment, received the first charging Cameron on the point of his Spontoon, but a second cut him through the head to chin. He has the dubious distinction...
considered distinctly Baltimorean. The word itself derives from that of the spontoon, a polearm carried by British Army infantry officers during the Revolutionary...
was usual for grenadier officers; other officers carried a short pike or spontoon. Lord Robert Kerr was Captain of The King's Own grenadier company and was...
ceremonial spears meant as a badge of rank (similar to the later use of spontoons as symbols of authority), perhaps by royal somatophylakes ("bodyguards")...
rendered obsolete on the battlefield. Its last flowering was the half-pike or spontoon, a shortened version of the pike carried by officers of various ranks....
Knife-maker Shane Sibert resulted in a modern version of the Lewis and Clark spontoon tomahawk known as the "Comanche"; this tomahawk is also produced under...
on a much smaller scale, polearms (including sergeants equipped with spontoons and halberds). It also had some psychological effect for the wearer (effectively...
1830, sergeants in line infantry units no longer carried halberds or spontoons. The Rifle regiments used the Brunswick Rifle, which was first adopted...
skirt of it and made three holes. I had almost forgot to tell you that my spontoon was shot through a little below my hand; this disabled it, but a French...
(grenadier companies, from 1769), halberds or, from 1792 until 1830, with spontoons. They, as well as their counterparts in cavalry and artillery, were also...
The SoftwARR Pirates Kevin Berg, Richard Carlson, Marc Holden 3rd Team Spontoon Greg Schechter, Stephen Kloder, Benjamin Juang, Marty Hanlon, Lauren Haynes...
is reported to have received the leading Highlander on the point of his spontoon, but then a second cut him through the head to chin, making him the only...
were shown, holding halberds to differentiate them from officers with spontoons. Hals seems to have initially intended an Amsterdam version of the same...
addition, the drum major wears an 18th-century infantry cap and carries a spontoon, the honor badge and weapon of 18th-century senior non-commissioned officers...
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