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spontoon

spontoon — spontoon is a pole weapon or weapon family. The heading is also recorded as espontoon and half-pike. spontoon is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q1380716. It is also recorded that spontoon is classified as a pole weapon.

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Definition

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spontoon is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q1380716. It is also recorded that spontoon is classified as a pole weapon.

Recorded examples

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

Wellcome Collection catalogues 1 work under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that la metoposcopia, overo commensuratione delle linee della fronte. Nuova-mente ristampata, & di bellissime figure adornata / [Ciro Spontone]. is dated 1645 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 8 catalogued sources across 4 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikidata, Wellcome Collection and Wikipedia. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

Connections

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Broader subject

  • pole weaponTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “What is a spontoon ?, Notes and Queries, 1858

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    spontoon - Dizionario degli italianismi nell'Inglese del progetto OIM, OIM, 2019

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  3. 3.

    spontoon, n., Oxford English Dictionary, 2023

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  4. 4.

    Spontoon, Notes and Queries, 1859

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  5. 5.

    What is a spontoon?, Notes and Queries, 1859

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  6. 6.

    “Spontoon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming spontoon.

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1380716: spontoon

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Elsewhere in Militaria

6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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