• Gisarme

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From French guisarme

    Full definition of gisarme

    Noun

    gisarme

    (plural gisarmes)
    1. (weapons) A type of polearm having a spearhead and a reverse hooked spike on the back.
      • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49:The Gisarme called also gisaring, and, by Fleta, sisarmes is likewise an ancient weapon of the staff kind, but of what for seems doubtful.
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