WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
spon•toon
(spon to̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n.
- Militarya shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also called half-pike.
- Italian spuntone, equivalent. to s- ex-1 + puntone kind of weapon (literally, pointed object) (punt(o) point + -one augmentative suffix)
- French esponton
- 1590–1600
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