POLEARM

Meaning of POLEARM in English

The general term for a group of pole-mounted weapons usually featuring a cutting or slashing weapon on one end. The halberd, guisarm, bill, bec-de-corbin, and poleaxe are all specific kinds of polearms.

Medieval English glossary. Средневековый английский глоссарий. 2012

VOULGE — 1. a tool used for trimming trees 2. polearm weapon characterized by a broad axe-like blade with a single spike …
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SARISSA — a polearm weapon measuring about 6 meters in length with a spear attached at the end; used for jabbing or …
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ROUNDEL — round metal attachment at the base of a polearm to keep the hands from sliding down the shaft and onto …
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QUARTERSTAFF — polearm weapon which was merely a long wooded pole
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JEDDART AXE — (also called a lochaber axe) Scottish variation of the halberd; the polearm weapon consists of a hook on the reverse …
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HALBERD — axe-headed polearm, usually with a rear and top spike
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