Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A weapon consisting of a blade fitted on a long handle or staff, used by the foot-soldiers of the fourteenth century and later.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A medieval poleaxe bearing resemblance to a glaive or a Lochaber ax, although the blade portion is somewhat more elongated.

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Examples

  • I shot them down and distributed their weapons -- two spears and a voulge -- to sailors who declared they knew how to use them.

    The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

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