guisarme

or gi·sarme

[ gi-zahrm ]
/ gɪˈzɑrm /

noun

a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.

Origin of guisarme

1200–50; Middle English < Old French g(u)isarme, gisarne, probably of Germanic orig.; compare Old High German getīsarn, literally, weeding iron, equivalent to get(an) to weed (German jäten) + īsarn iron

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