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Definition of Gisarmes
1. gisarme [n] - See also: gisarme
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gisarmes
Literary usage of Gisarmes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1855)
"Wace tells us it was " sharp, long, and broad:"— " E vos avez lances agues, E
granz gisarmes ... levies Dui gisarmes lunges e lees. ..."
2. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"He that hath less than 40s. yearly, gisarmes, (2) knives, and other less weapons ;
and all others that may, shall have bows and arrows out of the forest, ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... and hand-gisarmes. The saddle of the horse-armour was like the back of an
arm-chair, the cloth very splendid. The stirrups in the form of Gothic ..."
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