Halberd
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An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a pointand several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimesadditional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.[Written also halbert.]
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A polearm resembling a long-handled axe, the halberd also features a spike sprouting from the end of the haft that can be used as a spear, and a hook opposite the axe-head that was used to pull mounted knights from their horses.
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A combined spear and battleaxe.
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a weapon with a pointed blade at the end and a wide blade at the side, used mainly in the 14th and 15th centuries
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