Crossword-Solution: SPONTOON
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Spontoon | n. | A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| SPONTOON | anagram | PONTOONS |
We have 5 clues for the answer “SPONTOON”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Early shafted weapon | 1 answer |
| Infantry officer's half-pike | 1 answer |
| form of halberd carried by some junior infantry officers in the 18th and 19th centuries | 1 answer |
| Halberd | 4 answers |
| INFANTRY weapon | 8 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "SPONTOON"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Kind of apple
?
E
?
A
?
T
?
E
?
R
Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
10 +1
New Suggestion for "SPONTOON"
Related word tools
Sentences with SPONTOON (5)
Himself of helm or shield one dispossest; One with spontoon or bill the champaign strewed This one along the road, across it prest A fourth; this squats in cavern or in wood.
VIII Already might'st thou hear how loudly ring The hubbub and the din, from neighbouring farms, Outcry and horn, and rustic trumpeting; And faster sound of bells; with various arms By thousands, with spontoon, bow, spit, and sling.
You bear the name of a near relation of mine, whom none of my present people ever saw, except Spontoon; so there will be no immediate danger.
But it exists at present, and you must therefore be kept out of the way in the meantime.' Now entered Spontoon with an anxious countenance.
She was going to lodge an information on the subject, to have him sought for as an emissary of the Pretender; but Spontoon (an old soldier), while he pretended to approve, contrived to make her delay her intention.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1973–2008).