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Meaning of bisarma | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
biˈsaɾma

Definitions

  1. gisarme
  2. a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants

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Examples

“c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 121”

they garnished splendidly the ships' gunwales with javelins and helms and shields and spears and darts and battle-axes and crossbows and gisarmes and swords

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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