halberd
/hal-berd, hawl-, hol-; formerly haw-berd/US // ˈhæl bərd, ˈhɔl-, ˈhɒl-; formerly ˈhɔ bərd //UK // (ˈhælbəd) //
大戟,戟,卤素,卤素刀
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n.名词 noun
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- : a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Examples
Surrounded, Richard fought on ferociously until his skull was crushed by a halberd.
A violent blow drew him from his ecstasy; his hat had been knocked off with the stroke of a soldier's halberd.
You have a halberd and I a sword, let us start our wanderings over the world.
The next moment M. de Piles fell, pierced by the halberd of one of the archers of the guard.
He was endued with a buff jerkin, wore a broad belt and cutlass by his side, and carried a halberd in his hand.
The jangle of a halberd as its bearer let the butt drop heavily on the stone steps added force to the summons.
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