- power.
Polearms are
predominantly melee weapons, with a
subclass of spear-like
designs fit for
thrusting and/or throwing.
Because many
polearms were adapted...
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English approximation: /dʒiː/ jee, Chinese: 戟; pinyin: jǐ) was a
Chinese polearm,
sometimes translated into
English as
spear or halberd,
though they are...
- (矛),
which is
sometimes used to
designate polearms with a wavy snake-like spearhead.
There was
another polearm weapon known as the pi (鈹),
translated into...
- Ngao (ง้าว,ของ้าว) is a
polearm that was
traditionally used
during the 18th
century in Thailand.
Stick fighting List of
premodern combat weapons List...
-
poleaxe (also pollaxe, pole-axe, pole axe, poleax, polax) is a
European polearm that was used by
medieval infantry. Most
etymological authorities consider...
-
similar to
other polearms like the quarterstaff, half pike, bill, halberd, voulge, and partisan.
Silver considered this
class of
polearms superior to all...
- (Halberdiers)
Company of the
Spanish Royal Guard. The
halberd was one of the
polearms sometimes carried by lower-ranking
officers in
European infantry units...
- Many of the
polearms used in
Scotland up to the
beginning of the 16th
century were
similar to
those used in
other parts of the world; however, a number...
-
blade to the
wooden shaft. This
construction is also seen in
Scottish polearms, such as the
Lochaber axe and
Jeddart staff, and
bardiches are
known to...
- Old High
German getīsarn,
literally "weeding iron". Like many
medieval polearms, the
exact early form of the
weapon is hard to
define from
literary references...
