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Meaning of bisarma | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
biˈsaɾma

Definitions

  1. gisarme
    masculine
  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
    masculine

Equivalents

Bosanski guja
فارسی ناچخ
Galego cardeña
Hrvatski guja
日本語 グレイプ 眉尖刀 薙刀 長刀
한국어 글레이브
Português bisarma
Русский гле́вия гле́фа
Српски guja
Svenska glav

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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