/hal"beuhrd, hawl"-, hol"-/ ; formerly /haw"beuhrd/ , n.
a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used esp. in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Also, halbert /hal"beuhrt, hawl"-, hol"-/ ; formerly /haw"beuhrt/ .
[ 1485-95; earlier haubert hallebarde helmbarde, equiv. to helm handle (c. HELM 1 ) + barde broadax (c. MHG barte ) ]