pollaxe

pollaxe is a pole weapon or weapon family.

Also recorded as poleaxe; pole-axe; pole axe; polax; Hache.

Overview

European polearm that was widely used by medieval infantry.

In detail

pollaxe is a pole weapon or weapon family.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Poleaxe”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1573577: pollaxe

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