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A halberd with a long shaft and two-sided blade, carried by medieval foot soldiers.
noun - a medieval weapon
GISARME - A guisarme (sometimes gisarme, giserne or bisarme) is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between 10001400. Its origin is likely Germanic from Old...
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Long-staffed battle-axe carried by foot soldiers |
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Aug 20 2017 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
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A halberd with a long shaft and two-sided blade, carried by medieval foot soldiers. |
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A guisarme (sometimes gisarme, giserne or bisarme) is a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between 10001400. Its origin is likely Germanic from Old High German "getsarn", literally "weeding iron". Like many medieval polearms, the exact early form of the weapon is hard to define from literary references, and the identification of surviving weapons can be speculative. Two main modern schools of thought exist:* Like most polearms the guisarme was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles: in this case by putting a pruning hook onto a spear shaft. According to Sir Guy Francis Laking, among the polearms, the guisarme was second only to the spear in importance for the medieval soldier class. In fact, it was so effective by the 13th century there was active support for its banishment from the battlefield. While early designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade. Eventually weapon makers i |