Halberd

Word HALBERD
Character 7
Hyphenation hal berd
Pronunciations /ˈhælbəd/

Definitions and meanings of "Halberd"

What do we mean by halberd?

A weapon of the 1400s and 1500s having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft. noun

A broad blade with sharp edges ending in a sharp point, mounted on a handle from 5 to 7 feet long: a weapon common in the middle ages and later. noun

A projection on the fore part of a horseshoe, designed to relieve the foot in cases of lameness. noun

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. noun

A hand weapon consisting of a long pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to an axe and usually a spike or hook. noun

A pike fitted with an ax head noun

A hand weapon consisting of a long pole fitted with a metal head; the head consists of a blade similar to an axe and usually a spike or hook.

A polearm resembling a long-handled axe, the halberd also features a spike sprouting from the end of the haft that can be used as a spear, and a hook opposite the axe-head that was used to pull mounted knights from their horses. Urban Dictionary

Sexually attracted to white bread and white bread lovers who live in the states with zero hoes. Urban Dictionary

The penis. See halberd or halbard Cognate with spam javelin. A faintly historical version of spam hammer or mischief mallet etc Urban Dictionary

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The word "halberd" in example sentences

An ensign-halyard-block is no more a pulley than your halberd is a boarding-pike. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

Clad in flamboyant striped uniforms, the guard's role is largely ceremonial and many of its members still carry around a medieval weapon - the halberd, which is a combination of spear and battle axe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The halberd is a far cry from the powerful scythe you'll be armed with for the majority of the game; nonetheless, Dante is a powerful fighter and you'll make quick work of the enemy soldiers by using both light and heavy attacks (tied to the X and Y buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, respectively). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Swiss guard at the Vatican today display the halberd, which is sort of a spontoon to which is affixed a cutting edge back of a point, though they do not cut anybody with it anymore, as far as I can tell.

[Footnote 28: The halberd is the special arm of the Japanese woman of gentle blood. ❋ Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale (1876)

Chucky takes the right side, carrying the massive halberd with the shotgun slung over his back. ❋ Max Brallier (2011)

In his hands a massive, ornate halberd, five feet long—at the top, a dazzling but deadly battle ax with sword blade at the peak. ❋ Max Brallier (2011)

Chucky scuttles down the aisle, halberd out, and spears it. ❋ Max Brallier (2011)

With sense 2 cf. French morion punishment inflicted on soldiers (1605), so called in allusion to the hat suspended at the end of the shaft of the halberd which held the soldier while the punishment was inflicted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In walks Richard Dawkins bearing the staff of angry atheism, Immanuel Kant brandishing the cudgel of the categorical imperative, Pat Roberston wielding the halberd of Haitian hate, and DJ Grothe with the scimitar of secular humanism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After seeing some of the pics I posted about in my post on Prince of Persia action figures, like the double bladed halberd assassin it was looking like the figures were pretty promising but that doesn't seem like Jake Gyllenhaal at all (the face is a mess). ❋ Unknown (2010)

[The King's] guards crossed their halberds across the door to the [throne room], denying the [messenger] entry. ❋ KingPhoenix (2005)

Boy: what do you [identify] as? I’m [dream sexual]! Boy: [you silly] bitch. I’m Halberd Sexual ❋ Certified Guinness Club (2022)

"['twas] a mighty impressive [spam halberd] he [shewed]" ❋ Sparrohawk (2006)

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