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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
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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