halberd
A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on…A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.
» The halberd is a medieval weapon.
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1 sensesA two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.
Hellebarde
алеба́рдаalebárda, берды́шberdýš
алеба́рдаalebárda, галяба́рдаhaljabárda
- a pike fitted with an ax head
Examples
3 sentencesThe halberd is a medieval weapon.
Your halberd has lost its sharpness.
deDeine Hellebarde hat ihre Schärfe verloren. — felix63
Before the doors stood four guardians armed with halberds.
Translations
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Origin
(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarte(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm, from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."
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