单词 | hand-pike |
释义 | > as lemmashand-pike hand-pike n. Weaponry (now historical) a pike (pike n.4 1) carried in the hand, esp. by infantry soldiers. ΚΠ 1615 E. S. Britaines Busse sig. B Two or three hand pikes of Ash. 1788 J. St. John Lett. from France I. vii. 49 The officers carried a kind of hand pike. 1883 E. Guest Origines Celticae i. iii. 95 The pilum was barely 6 feet long, and could be used either as a hand-pike or a missile. 1903 S. Lane-Poole Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule 351 The mass of the army was..armed with sabres, pikes, and arrows. The last was the favorite weapon of the Moghuls and Persians; the hand-pike being the special arm of the Rajputs. 2006 J. R. Carpenter Pirates iii. 86 Once an enemy ship had been boarded, the hand-pike was cast aside in favor of weapons more suited to close combat. < as lemmas |
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