/gi zahrm"/ , n.
a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
Also, gisarme .
[ 1200-50; ME g ( u ) isarme, gisarne, prob. of Gmc orig.; cf. OHG getisarn, lit., weeding iron, equiv. to get ( an ) to weed (G jäten ) + isarn IRON ]