Word of the Day – Halberd

• Noun: Halberd
  1. a weapon especially of the 15th and 16th centuries consisting typically of a battle-ax and pike mounted on a handle about six feet long

• Synonyms:
  1. battleax

• Usage:

‘”Aha!” continued D’Artagnan, “it is clear that they are afraid of something or other; for look, the sentinels are being reinforced. They had only halberds before, now they have muskets. The halberds were for the audience in the rear; the muskets are for us.”’

• Encountered:

While reading Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

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