pertuisan
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[edit]pertuisan (plural pertuisans)
- (historical) A kind of halberd or pike.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xii:
- An ancient pertuisan, in the possession of Mr. Miller.
- (historical) A truncheon; a staff.