A polearm or pole weapon is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood...

The three most common types of Chinese polearms are the ge (戈), qiang (槍), and ji (戟). They are translated into English as dagger-axe, spear, and halberd...

English approximation: /dʒiː/ jee, Chinese: 戟; pinyin: jǐ) was a Chinese polearm, sometimes translated into English as spear or halberd, though they are...

poleaxe (also pollaxe, pole-axe, pole axe, poleax, polax) is a European polearm that was used by medieval infantry. Most etymological authorities consider...

Many of the polearms used in Scotland up to the beginning of the 16th century were similar to those used in other parts of the world; however, a number...

trimming tree limbs, which was often repurposed for use as an infantry polearm. In English, the term 'Italian bill' is applied to the similar roncone...

Ngao (ง้าว,ของ้าว) is a polearm that was traditionally used during the 18th century in Thailand. Stick fighting List of premodern combat weapons List...

halberd (also called halbard, halbert or Swiss voulge) is a two-handed polearm that came to prominent use from the 13th to 16th centuries. The halberd...

The Lucerne hammer (/luˈsɜːrn/ loo-SURN) is a type of polearm which was popular in Swiss armies during the 15th to 17th centuries. It was a combination...

The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihontō). Naginata were originally used by the...

A war scythe or military scythe is a form of polearm with a curving single-edged blade with the cutting edge on the concave side of the blade. Its blade...

the free dictionary. A partisan (also known as a partizan), a type of polearm, was used in Europe during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It consisted...

A fauchard is a type of polearm which was used in Europe from the 11th through the 17th centuries. In later use fauchards became ornamental and ceremonial...

bardiche /bɑːrˈdiːʃ/, berdiche, bardische, bardeche, or berdish is a type of polearm used from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe. Ultimately a descendant...

A sovnya (‹See Tfd›Russian: совня) is a traditional polearm used in Russia. Similar to the glaive, the sovnya had a curved, single-edged blade mounted...

An assegai or assagai is a polearm used for throwing, usually a light spear or javelin made up of a wooden handle with an iron tip. The use of various...

The dagger-axe (Chinese: 戈; pinyin: gē; Wade–Giles: ko) is a type of polearm that was in use from the Longshan culture until the Han dynasty in China...

A ranseur, also called roncone, was a polearm similar to the partisan used in Europe up to the 15th century. It was still seen in court as a ceremonial...

A spetum is a polearm that was used in Europe during the 13th century. Other names include chauve souris, corseca, corsèsque, korseke, runka, and rawcon...

A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is...

A guandao is a type of Chinese polearm that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts. In Chinese, it is properly called a yanyuedao (偃月刀; lit. "reclining...

the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European polearm that came into being alongside the pike. The spontoon was in common use...

distinctive design and versatile combat applications. There are many similar polearms such as the war scythe, the Japanese naginata, the Chinese guandao (yanyuedao)...

defense against cavalry and as a pike against infantry. Like most other polearms of the time, it consisted of two parts: shaft and blade. The shaft was...

(also spelled vouge, sometimes called a couteau de breche) is a type of polearm that existed in medieval Europe, primarily in 15th century France. A voulge...

Japanese: getsugasan; "Zen Staff"), also called a Shaolin Spade, is a Chinese polearm consisting of a long pole with a flat spade-like blade on one end and a...

Kumar and Trisha Ji (monk) (632–682), Chinese monk Ji (polearm) (戟), a kind of Chinese polearm Ji Koizumi, a character in the anime Guru Guru Pon-chan...

A guisarme (sometimes gisarme, giserne or bisarme) is a polearm used in Europe primarily between 1000 and 1400. Its origin is likely Germanic, from the...

A man catcher, also known as catchpole, is a type of polearm. It was used in Europe as late as the 18th century.[citation needed] The European design...

may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within...