HAL'BERD, noun A military weapon, consisting of a pole or shaft of wood, with a head armed with a steel point, with a cross piece of steel, flat and pointed at both ends, or with a cutting edge at one end, and a bent point at the other. It is carried by sergeants of foot and dragoons.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.