Brandistocks
Esquema
Jerarquía
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Descripción
Short pole weapons, around 5 feet in length, having a retractable blade of either a one or three long thin points that were retracted into a hollow aperture inside the shaft. A sharp thrust of the weapon propelled the points out. The weapons were used by both infantry and civilians alike between the 16th and 19th centuries.
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Otros términos
- brandistock [en]
- feather staffs (brandistocks) [en]
- brandistocco [en]
- brandistocco [it]
- buttafuore [en]
- buttafuore [it]
- buttafuori [it]