Definition of "gisarm" [gis•arm]

• Archaic form of gisarme. (noun)

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• "And then he looked afore him, and there he apperceived and saw come an armed knight, with many lights about him; and this knight had a long gisarm in his hand, and made grim countenance to smite him."
• "The usual lance had not been included in the list of arms, the hand-gisarm being substituted in its place."
• "They consisted of the long sword, the short sword, the dagger, the mace, and a weapon known as the hand-gisarm, or glave-lot -- a heavy swordlike blade eight palms long, a palm in breadth, and riveted to a stout handle of wood three feet long."