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Definition of "polearm" []

  • A close quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood. (noun)

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Use "polearm" in a sentence
  • "He wore a long leather duster and had a polearm of some kind slung over his shoulder and a pistol on his hip in a holster strapped on over his jeans."
  • "All that was left to Hamuul was to protect the three—no, he amended as another orc impaled Renferal with a polearm, pinning her to the earth—two night elf druids who still survived."
  • "  Paul was lean and muscular, but he held no illusion of winning in unarmed gladiatorial combat: Rheena resembled a purple tank, her sides flapping over her legs like jowly sheets of steel, and that spike loomed on her nose like some fearsome medieval polearm."
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