Weapons a Brief Discourse On Hand Weapons Other Than Fire Arms
Weapons a Brief Discourse On Hand Weapons Other Than Fire Arms
Bertram Edward Sargeaunt
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Swiss halbard, fourteenth century. 5. Chinese glaive. 6. German catchpole, sixteenth century. - 'f^*^ '' ^\^ 7. Chinese bill. 8. Chinese trident spear. 9 Scottish Lochaber-axe of the fifteenth century. 10. Swiss morgenstern, fifteenth century ; the head is a wooden ball studded with iron spikes. IL English black bill of the early part of the sixteenth century; it is interesting owing to its possessing two hooks. PLATE 5. [To face />. 26. CHAPTER III WEAPONS FOR THRUSTING OR STABBING The Lance T...o what extent distinction may be drawn between the lance and the spear is difficult to determine. It would seem that the lance was at all times essentially a weapon for thrusting, while the spear was one for either thrusting or hurling : also during modern times the lance would appear to have been almost always fitted with a shoe, while the spear was not. In the past the lance, spear, and pike * seem to have been constantly confused, and the German term for a lance f was actually ' Speer. ' In ancient French these three weapons were all known by the one word ' bois.
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