单词 | espontoon |
释义 | † espontoonn. Obsolete. A half pike carried by an infantry officer; = spontoon n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] > half-pike half-pikea1607 rapparee1690 spontoon1746 espontoon1772 boarding-pike1802 xyston1856 1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide s.v. 1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 339 Capt. Lewis slipped and..recovered himself by means of his espontoon. 1838 J. Sparks W. Eaton in Amer. Biogr. IX. ii. 173 Was met in his advance by the other, with his espontoon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1772 |
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