Crossword clues for gisarme
gisarme
Wiktionary
n. (context weapons English) A type of polearm having a spearhead and a reverse hooked spike on the back.
Usage examples of "gisarme".
He made a wild swipe with the gisarme, then saw who it was and managed to turn the blow so that the pointed axe-head thumped into the ground.
He threw the gisarme to one side, pulled the pellet pistol from his waistband and threw that away too.
There were servants in the room too, young men and women in tunics and tabards of gorgeous watered silks, or in fantastic uniforms of red leather kilts, golden cuirasses inlaid with intricate designs of black mother-of-pearl and plumed helmets that almost doubled their height, armed with ornately decorated gisarmes, pole-axes and sarissas which they held grounded before them.
Two suits of armour of the surcoatless period guarded the entrance, and several shields, pikes, halberds, and gisarmes were arranged upon the wall above the high plaster mantelpiece.