单词 | xyston |
释义 | xystonn. Ancient Greek History. (See quot. 1856, and cf. sarissa n.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] > half-pike half-pikea1607 rapparee1690 spontoon1746 espontoon1772 boarding-pike1802 xyston1856 1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcii. 77 The regiments of cavalry called Sarissophori or Lancers..carrying a long lance, and distinguished from the heavier cavalry..who carried the xyston or short pike. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1856 |
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