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spontoon

/spon-toon/US // spɒnˈtun //UK // (spɒnˈtuːn) //

桥头堡,桥架,桥墩,桥牌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • My mercer had his spontoon in his hand, as if he measured his cloth by that implement, instead of a legitimate yard.

  • When Balbi wrote that his walls were hung with pictures of saints, it became a question of conveying the spontoon to him.

  • Holding his spontoon ready, but concealed under his coat, he stepped to the side of the door.

  • Spontoon' (to an elderly military-looking servant out of livery),'take away these things, and answer the bell yourself, if I ring.

  • I must send Spontoon to see what she is about; he will find her out among the old regimental connections.