half-pike
AmericanEtymology
Origin of half-pike
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The first preparation for our setting out was, that the captain's half-pike was placed near the coachman, and a drum behind the coach.
From The Coverley Papers by Various
The raparees were so called from the rapary or half-pike they carried.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift
"So decide, decide!" he continued, dancing a clumsy step and tossing a half-pike round his head.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
And he darted out of the room, shut the door, and waited in the corridor, the soldier's half-pike in his hand, and as if he had mounted guard in his place.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
He was brave, and well-armed with carabine, pistols, and a halbert or half-pike.
From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie
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