Halberd
['hælbɜːd]
Definition
(n.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
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Definition
n. a weapon consisting of a wooden shaft some six feet long surmounted by an axe-like instrument balanced on the opposite side by a hook or pick.—n. Halberdier′ one armed with a halberd.
Typist: Rosanna
Examples
- And with that he made his heavy halberd to play around his head as a shepherd boy flourishes his light crook. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Horseshoes, swords, and the heads of halberds, or bills, are often found there; one place is called the Danes' well, another the Battle flats. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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