| 单词 | polearm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolearm polearm n. chiefly historical a weapon for use in close combat consisting of a (typically wooden) staff fitted with either one or more blades, an axe-head or hammer-head, or a combination of these.Polearms are sometimes also fitted with spikes, flukes, or hooks. Many were originally developed from agricultural or similar tools. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > halberd > [noun] weyc1275 poleaxe1294 billc1300 glaivec1450 langue de boeuf1450 halberd1497 budgea1522 brown-bill1589 ox-tongue1611 partisan1611 Lochaber axe1618 feather-staff1622 halberd staff1687 battle-axe1709 ko1923 1897 Catal. Coll. Armour & Arms R. Zschille (Christie, Manson & Woods) 101 A Three-Bladed Pole-Arm, stamped with a deep armourer's mark—15th century. 1934 G. C. Stone Gloss. Arms & Armor 411/1 A pole arm of the 16th century with a broad, straight, double-edged blade. 1992 Dragon Mag. Feb. 29/2 The primary advantage of polearms is that they afford a longer reach for their bearer, so you can gain initiative automatically in combat and strike your enemy before it can get close enough to strike you. 2010 J. P. Puype & H. Stevens Arms & Armour Knights & Landsknechts Netherlands Army Museum 241/1 The Flemish foot folk armed with goedendags, a cross between a long and a short polearm, annihilated an army of French knights. < as lemmas |
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