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gisarme (iou)



gisarme noun. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
[Old French g(u)isarme, wisarme from Frankish wis-arm lit. 'guide-arm': cf. Old Saxon wisian (= Old English wisan, Old High German wisen) show, teach.]
A kind of battleaxe, bill, or halberd, having a long blade in line with the shaft, sharpened on both sides and ending in a point.