spearpoint

[ speer-point ]
/ ˈspɪərˌpɔɪnt /

noun

the point at the end of a spearhead.
a spearhead.

Origin of spearpoint

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at spear1, point

Words nearby spearpoint

spearhead, spearing, spearman, spearman's rank-order coefficient, spearmint, spearpoint, spears, spearwort, spec, spec sheet, spec.

Example sentences from the Web for spearpoint

  • It is, however, occasionally seen on articles of stone, as the spearpoint and stone hatchet and sacrificial knife.

    Day Symbols of the Maya Year |Cyrus Thomas

  • Mallory raised his hand to his helmet and felt the sizable dent that the spearpoint had made.

    A Knyght Ther Was |Robert F. Young

  • The army was the spearpoint of Prussia; the rest was merely the haft.

    Winning a Cause |John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood