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Definition of Gisarme
1. Noun. (weapons) A type of polearm having a spearhead and a reverse hooked spike on the back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gisarme
1. a medieval weapon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gisarme
Literary usage of Gisarme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Dictionarius Anglo-latinus Princeps by Galfridus, British Museum (1843)
"6, 1285, it is apparent that the gisarme was one of the weapons in ordinary use
among ... The gisarme was used in England as late as the battle of Flodden, ..."