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