halberd
n.
old fashioned weapon with both a spear and a battle-ax, halbert
Halberd
A halberd (or Swiss voulge) is a two-handed
pole weapon that came to prominent use during the
14th and
15th centuries. Possibly the word halberd comes from the German words Halm (staff), and Barte (axe). The halberd consists of an
axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long
shaft. It always has a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade for grappling
mounted combatants. It is very similar to certain forms of the
voulge in design and usage.
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halberd
Noun
1. a pike fitted with an ax head
(hypernym) pike
(part-meronym) battle-ax, battle-axe
Halberd
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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亡戟得矛
wang2 ji3 de2 mao2
Losing a halberd and gaining a spear
The loss is made up by the gain.