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Spontoon - Wikipedia
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. en.wikipedia.org
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HALF-PIKE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HALF-PIKE is a pike with a short shaft. www.merriam-webster.com
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half-pike - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs. en.wiktionary.org
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half-pike
half-pike Now Hist. A small pike, having a shaft of about half the length of the full-sized one. There were two kinds; one, also called a spontoon, formerly carried by infantry officers; the other, used in ships for repelling boarders, a boarding pike.1599 Massinger, etc. Old Law iii. ii, Here's a h... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sergeant's Spontoon - Age of Revolution
The regulation spontoon (sometime known as an 'espontoon', 'pike' or 'half pike' and also loosely known as a 'halberd') was around 7- 9 feet in length and was ... ageofrevolution.org
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HALF-PIKE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries; spontoon 2. a short pike ... www.collinsdictionary.com
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half-pike, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun half-pike is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for half-pike is from 1583, in a translation by Thomas Stocker, ... www.oed.com
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Espontoons - Discover Lewis & Clark
An implement which Lewis referred to in his journal as an “espontoon,” ie, a half pike commonly carried by an eighteenth century infantry officer. lewis-clark.org
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Halberds and Spontoons - Warfare History Network
Halberd-carrying British sergeants exchanged their traditional weapons for a spontoon or half-pike in 1792. Thus, these staff weapons appear in accounts of ... warfarehistorynetwork.com
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Half Pike Exercise - TikTok
Discover effective half pike exercises and mobility tips to enhance your flexibility and strength, ideal for all fitness levels! www.tiktok.com
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HALF-PIKE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun. spontoon. a short pike formerly used by sailors boarding enemy vessels. www.dictionary.com
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morgenstern
morgenstern Antiq. (ˈmɔːgənstɜːn) Also 7 morgan sterne, 9 morgenstiern. [a. Ger. morgenstern, lit. ‘morning star’, f. morgen morn + stern star.] A club with a head set with spikes: = morning star 2.1637 R. Monro Exped. i. 65 One of our souldiers shewing them over the worke, a Morgan sterne. 1868 Arc... Oxford English Dictionary
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Rapparee
Rapparees or raparees (from the Irish ropairí, plural of ropaire, whose primary meaning is "thruster, stabber," and by extension a wielder of the half-pike wikipedia.org
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asse-
▪ I. assagai, assegai, n. (ˈæsəgaɪ) Forms: 6 azagaia, 7 assagaie, 8 hassagay, -guay, 9 assagai, -gay, assegai, -gay; also 7–8 zagaie, zagaye. [a. F. azagaye (Cotgr.), or Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, a. Arab. az-zaghāyah, i.e. az-= al- the, zaghāyah native Berber word, adopted in Arabic, and thence in S... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pistoleer
mounted staff officers for personal defence, and it was a widespread if unauthorised practice for colour sergeants to carry a pistol in addition to the half-pike wikipedia.org
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