Definition of Halbert

1. Noun. (weapons) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Halbert

1. halberd [n -S] - See also: halberd

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halbert

halations
halato-telechelic polymer
halatopolymer
halatopolymers
halau
halavah
halavahs
halazepam
halazone
halazones
halberd
halberded
halberdier
halberdiers
halberds
halbert (current term)
halberts
halcinonide
halcyon
halcyon days
halcyonian
halcyonoid
halcyonoids
halcyonold
halcyons
halecret
haled
haleness
halenesses
haler

Literary usage of Halbert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1878)
"There was once a shepherd's boy, halbert, j who Jived in a cottage high up among moun- i tains, far away from any town or village, and away even from any ..."

2. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1848)
"Pending the process, halbert left Scotland, whereupon a person named Blair was ... The pursuer then proceeded to use ultimate diligence against halbert and ..."

3. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes by William Motherwell (1846)
"No! ruth is a strange guest To halbert the Grim. The hardest may soften, The fiercest repent; But the heart of Grim halbert May never relent. ..."

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