Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A weapon of the 1400s and 1500s having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A broad blade with sharp edges ending in a sharp point, mounted on a handle from 5 to 7 feet long: a weapon common in the middle ages and later.
- noun A projection on the fore part of a horseshoe, designed to relieve the foot in cases of lameness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hand weapon consisting of a long
pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to anaxe and usually aspike orhook .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pike fitted with an ax head
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An ensign-halyard-block is no more a pulley than your halberd is a boarding-pike.
Pathfinder; or, the inland sea James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively).
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively).
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively).
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively).
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Clad in flamboyant striped uniforms, the guard's role is largely ceremonial and many of its members still carry around a medieval weapon - the halberd, which is a combination of spear and battle axe.
Clerical Whispers 2009
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Clad in flamboyant striped uniforms, the guard's role is largely ceremonial and many of its members still carry around a medieval weapon - the halberd, which is a combination of spear and battle axe.
Clerical Whispers 2009
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The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively).
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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The Swiss guard at the Vatican today display the halberd, which is sort of a spontoon to which is affixed a cutting edge back of a point, though they do not cut anybody with it anymore, as far as I can tell.
unknown title 2009
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The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively).
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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