pertuisan

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Noun

pertuisan (plural pertuisans)

  1. A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
    • 1786: An ancient pertuisan, in the possession of Mr. Miller. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xii.

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