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hal·berd

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–noun

a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used esp. in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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[Origin: 1485–95; earlier haubert < MF hallebarde < MLG helmbarde, equiv. to helm handle (c. helm¹) + barde broadax (c. MHG barte)

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n. A weapon of the 15th and 16th centuries having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.

[French hallebarde, from Old French alabarde, from Old Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarde, halmbarte : helm, handle + barte, ax (from Old High German barta; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots).]

hal'ber·dier' (-bər-dîr') n.

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