guisarme

American  

[gi-zahrm] / gɪˈzɑrm /

Or gisarme

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of guisarme

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, from Old French g(u)isarme, gisarne, possibly of Germanic origin; compare Old High German getīsarn, literally, “weeding iron,” equivalent to get(an) “to weed” ( German jäten ) + īsarn “iron”; see iron

Example Sentences

He could no longer swing the trusty little axe which had done good service before; but there was the deadly guisarme at his side.

From In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young by Everett-Green, Evelyn