† bourdonassen.
Obsolete.
A light lance or javelin with a hollow shaft.
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1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. vi. 330 Their men of armes were all..furnished with braue plumes and goodly bourdonasses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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