Noun:

ದೋಣಿ,

spontoon's Usage Examples:

I had almost forgot to tell you that my spontoon was shot through a little below my hand; this disabled it, but a French.

The other officers are carrying partisans with tassles (captains), spontoons (lieutenants) or halberds (sergeants).

D"Aragona"s galleys were reinforced, each one with 100 muskets, 50 spontoons, 20 bucklers, and 150 chuzos in case it was necessary to arm the rowers.

Its last flowering was the half-pike or spontoon, a shortened version of the pike carried by officers of various ranks.

1830, sergeants in line infantry units no longer carried halberds or spontoons.

Knife-maker Shane Sibert resulted in a modern version of the Lewis and Clark spontoon tomahawk known as the "Comanche"; this tomahawk is also produced under.

are shown, holding halberds to differentiate them from officers with spontoons.

modern and antique, including 77 Brown Bess flintlock muskets, swords, spontoons (spears) and other arms.

to protect the colours a number of experienced sergeants, armed with spontoons, were assigned to the colour party.

They also carried sabers and spontoons, but the reflex bow remained their armament of choice.

profile, the head of a partisan may look similar to that of a ranseur, spontoon, ox tongue, or spetum; however, unlike a ranseur, the lower parts of the.

St George Militia Company in 1639, showing her second husband with his spontoon pointed downwards Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, her father-in-law Andries van.

The word itself derives from that of a pole weapon, the spontoon, which was carried by infantry officers of the British Army during the.