Associations to the word «Halberd»

Wiktionary

HALBERD, 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.

Dictionary definition

HALBERD, noun. A pike fitted with an ax head.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope