noun, feminine/al.baʁd/plural: hallebardes
halberd
Related: pleuvoir des hallebardes, rimer comme hallebarde et miséricorde
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French alabarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm (from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”)) + barte (“hatchet”) (from *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”)).