Halberd

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  • noun. A weapon of the 1400s and 1500s having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A broad blade with sharp edges ending in a sharp point, mounted on a handle from 5 to 7 feet long: a weapon common in the middle ages and later.
  • noun. A projection on the fore part of a horseshoe, designed to relieve the foot in cases of lameness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A hand weapon consisting of a long pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to an axe and usually a spike or hook.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a pike fitted with an ax head
  • Word Usage
    "An ensign-halyard-block is no more a pulley than your halberd is a boarding-pike."
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