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ahlspiess |
two-handed fighting spear with a long, square-sectioned spike
fitted onto a wooden handle |
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arbir |
a bladed staff; pointed wooden staff to which a wide, curved
blade is attached |
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awl pike |
polearm with a long square-sectioned spike on the end |
B
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beaked axe |
polearm with a beak mounted opposite the blade |
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bill |
polearm derived from an agricultural tool; consists of a broadly
hooked blade mounted on a wood shaft |
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brandestoc |
two-handed polearm with a long, double-edged blade concealed
in the handle |
C
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catch pole |
forked polearm |
F
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falcastra |
consists of a straight, single-edged blade with a hook or point
opposite the edge |
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feather staff |
walking stick with three concealed blades which could be brought
into action by a downward jerk of the weapon; usually two-handed
weapon |
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feruzue |
staff consisting of a hollow wooden tube, inside which is hidden
a chain attached to an iron ball |
H
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halberd |
consisted of an axe blade mounted on a pole with a point opposing
it; long thrusting point was part of the head so the weapon could
be used to chop and thrust |
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hippe |
14th century European halberd with a short, wide point |
J
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jedburg axe |
scottish polearm with a hook opposite the blade |
K
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kongo-zue |
wooden staff with iron rings at the end; used with both hands |
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kumade |
pole grapple with a three-pronged head |
L
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lajatang |
bladed staff weapon; two large metal crescents, one on each end
of shaft |
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langue de boeuf |
(ox tongue) polearm with a broad, double-edged blade |
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lochaber axe |
Scottish polearm with a broad blade and a hook mounted on the
end of the shaft |
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lucerne hammer |
European polearm with a long spike mounted atop a hammer with
a four-pronged face and a single-pronged claw |
M
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moon |
polearm consisting of a crescent-shaped blade mounted so that
its tips are facing the butt of the shaft |
N
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naboot |
two-handed polearm weapon |
P
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poleaxe: |
any long-handled ax with a spike, hook, or hammer opposite the
blade |
Q
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quarterstaff |
a stout, iron-tipped wooden staff, six to eight feet long. It
was held by one hand at the middle and the other between the
middle and an end |
R
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romphaea |
curved, double-edged blade mounted on a wooden staff |
S
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scaling fork |
fork with a hook attached to it to aid in the scaling of walls |
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scorpion |
European halberd with a narrow blade |
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scythe |
European polearm made by mounting an agricultural tool in line
with a wooden shaft |
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shakwo |
two-handed polearm |
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spetum |
European polearm with a long, narrow blade set between two curved
side blades |
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spontoon |
European half pike |
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sudis |
12th century European pike |
T
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toyak |
bladed staff that slashes |
V-Y
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voulge |
European polearm with a broad axe blade topped with a spike |
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yoribo |
wooden japanese staff used with both hands |
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