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gisarme Obs. exc. Hist.|gɪˈzɑːm|
Forms: α. 3–4 gisharm(e, 4–7 gysarm(e, 5 gesarme, guysarme, 9 guisarme, 3–5, 7, 9 gisarme. β. 4 giserne, 5 gesarne, geserne, guysarne, gysyryne, 5–6 gys(s)erne, 6 gyssarn, 7, 9 gisarine, (7 gisaring). Also 5 gyser.
[a. OF. g(u)isarme, gisarne, etc. (also jusarme), = Pr. gus-, jusarma, It. giusarma, OSp. bisarma, of unknown origin. The Eng. pronunciation with (g) seems to be authenticated by the alliteration in ME. poetry.]
A kind of battle-axe, bill, or halberd, having a long blade in line with the shaft, sharpened on both sides and ending in a point.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 4084 Ðurȝ and ðurȝ boðen he stong wið hise gisarme sarp & long. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 288, I schal gif hym of my gyft þys giserne ryche, þis ax, þat is heue in-nogh. 1460Lybeaus Disc. 1094 Tho dyghte they hem all to armes, Wyth swerdes and wyth gysarmes. 1664Floddan F. ii. 11 Some did their grizly gisarings grind. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. iii, Hob Yeoman turns gisarme and bill into plough shares. 1863Kingsley Water-Bab. 198 A whole cutler's shop of lances, halberts, gisarines.
attrib.1513Douglas æneis viii. xi. 45 In thair hand wythhaldand, euery knycht, Two javilling speris, or than gyssarn stavis.
So giˈsarmier [OF.], one armed with a gisarme.
1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 217 The general habits of the archers, bill-men, and guisarmiers. |