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noun (plural: halberts)
  1. (Weapon) 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.
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  • 1786: Halberts are of a variety of forms, they are commonly mounted on staves of seven feet long, with a pointed ferril at the end, for the purpose of sticking them in the ground. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52.
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