What is "polearms"

Usage examples of "polearms".

The talk was of war: battles and encounters, siege and assault, tactics for polearms and blades.

Men, tents, fires, polearms and lances stuck upright in the snow, stacks of pikes, horses, and wagons all flashed by in a blur.

Soldiers in ornate uniforms with gold-trimmed white shirts and red tunics, and carrying polearms, patrolled each side of the river.

Roman was ushered through an anteroom in which sat and stood more than a score of armed and armored guards, their polearms leaning against the walls within easy reach, their relaxed awareness stamping them as the veterans or professionals they most surely were.

By the time they slashed the air with polearms and swords, their quarry had risen out of reach, though Byron pulled his toes up.

The town street was packed with commoners armed with polearms and hayrakes and brushhooks.

Nantuko warriors stood before the gate, their stone-bladed polearms held across their chests.

As they moved, they held their polearms in front of the old man and politely tried to explain that he had not yet been announced.