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Art/Literary / cuadros | | Spanish term or phrase: alabarda | en un cuadro aparece una descripción de un joven principe que porta en una mano una pequeña "alabarda"???
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| | halberd | Explanation:
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alabarda f halberd |
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Explanation:
Main Entry: hal·berd
Pronunciation: 'hal-b&rd, 'hol-
Variant(s): also hal·bert /-b&rt/
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French hallebarde, from Middle High German helmbarte, from helm handle (from Old High German helmo) + barte ax, from Old High German barta; akin to Old High German bart beard -- more at HELM, BEARD
Date: 15th century
: a weapon especially of the 15th and 16th centuries consisting typically of a battle-ax and pike mounted on a handle about six feet long
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4 mins confidence:  halberd
Explanation:
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Halberd [Alabarda]. n.f. Offensive weapon, composed of a shaft of six to seven feet, en which is fixed an iron two palms in length, and wide as two fingers in proportional diminuition, until ending in a point. The blade [spearhead], that is flat, and of two filos, and guarnecida by the part where it begins, has a narrow point on one side, to which corresponds on the other side a crescent moon, or half moon, whose points face the outside.
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Reference: http://www.plumes.org/destreza/terms/a/alabarda.html
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