An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
Axe-headed polearm, usually with a rear and top spike. (Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 248) Related terms: Pole-Axe
A shafted weapon with an axe-like cutting blade, sometimes used to describe the Chinese Quando and the Japanese Naginata.
Weapon with an axe-like blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.
A weapon consisting typically of a battle-axe and pike mounted on a wooden handle about six feet long common in 15th and 16 century Europe.
weapon consisting of a long shaft with an axe blade and a pick, topped by a shearhead: used in 15th-16th century warfare
a pike fitted with an ax head
a pole arm with a long haft topped with a blade that combines an axe head, a point and a beak
a slashing and stabbing weapon, more like a bladed spear than anything else
a type of weapon used against opponents wearing armor
a versatile weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft (measuring more than two metres) topped by a spearhead, with a blade and a pick on either side
a weapon that looks like an axe with a spear at the top and it sits on a long pole
Long shafted weapon with a spear and axe blade.
A polearm that has an ax-like head with a steel spike in line with the shaft
a weapon that emerged along with the glaive and guisarme, and for the same purpose - to better combat heavy armour. The halberd had a broad, short axe blade on a 5 - 6' long haft, with a spear point at the top, often a back-spike and occassionally, a butt-spike.
A staff weapon combining an axe head balanced with a spike and a hook-like fluke; carried by infantry.
battle-axe fastened to a long pole
A weapon of the 15th and 16th centuries having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.
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