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Use "halberts" in a sentence
"They diilributed among the foldiers of the firft line the javelins ufed by the triarii, which were a kind of halberts, ordering them to prefent the points of their javelins to the enemy, and keep them at fuch a diftance as to prevent them from making ufe of their fwords."
"Their next business was to distribute among the boldest of the rioters the guns, bayonets, partisans, halberts, and battle or Lochaber axes."
"Two others are standing, armed with halberts, of whom one holds a plumed hat."