Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor.
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- noun A
weapon resembling ahammer , often having one side of the head pointed, used byhorsemen in theMiddle Ages to breakarmour .
Etymologies
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Old French, hammer of iron.
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