Definitions for halberds

halberds hal·berd

Spelling: [hal-berd, hawl-, hol-; formerly
IPA: /ˈhæl bərd, ˈhɔl-, ˈhɒl-; formerly ˈhɔ bərd/

Halberds is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in halberds (abdehlrs).

Definitions for halberds

noun

  1. a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Origin of halberds

1485-95; earlier haubert Middle French hallebarde Middle Low German helmbarde, equivalent to helm handle (cognate with helm1) + barde broadax (cognate with

Examples for halberds

And waving his halberd above his head, he beckoned to his followers to advance.

Now he turned to a man with a halberd who stood at his heel.

It seems it's a kind of halberd—a sort of cross between a spear and an ax.

And at the sally she came out the foremost with her halberd in her hand to pursue the chase.

Bersi had a halberd in one hand and a staff in the other, and Halldor had Whitting.

Surrounded, Richard fought on ferociously until his skull was crushed by a halberd.

Then, dropping the halberd, he seized a spade and began the first embankment.

They carry a halberd, or sort of lance with a sharp blade at the end.

In his hand he held the halberd with which Auriol had been wounded.

You have a halberd and I a sword, let us start our wanderings over the world.

Word Value for halberds
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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