Spontoon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spontoon \Spon*toon"\ (sp[o^]n*t[=oo]n"), n. [F. sponton,
     esponton, It. spontone, spuntone.] (Mil.)
     A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior
     officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals
     to the soldiers.
     [1913 Webster]