polearm

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polearm (plural polearms)

Various polearms
A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.

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Besides, historical accounts of the Three Kingdoms era had several specific records of Guan Yu thrusting his opponents down (probably with a spear-like polearm) in battles, instead of cutting them down with a curved-blade. Source: Internet

Ewart Oakeshott (1980), p.53 Glaive A glaive is a polearm consisting of a single-edged tapering blade similar in shape to a modern kitchen knife on the end of a pole. Source: Internet

Podao Chinese polearm, a 'long-handled sabre', also known as the zhan ma dao (horsecutter sabre) which has a lighter blade and a ring at the end in that it. Source: Internet

The sword was mostly considered as a secondary weapon until then, used in the battlefield only after the bow and polearm were no longer feasible. Source: Internet

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