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gisarme

/ ɡɪˈzɑːm /

noun

  1. a long-shafted battle-axe with a sharp point on the back of the axe head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gisarme1

C13: from Old French guisarme, probably from Old High German getīsarn weeding tool, from getan to weed + īsarn iron
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Example Sentences

The Gisarme is a long-handled weapon which some writers consider to have been much the same as the Pole-axe.

The gisarme is said to be the weapon called the brown bill by Chaucer.

Gisarme, s. a weapon bearing a scythe-like blade fixed on a shaft and provided also with a spear-point like a bayonet, C 5978.

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