halbert

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halbert (plural halberts)

  1. Alternative form of halberd
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52:
      Halberts are of a variety of forms, they are commonly mounted on staves of seven feet long, with a pointed ferril at the end, for the purpose of sticking them in the ground.

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