pertuisan

English

Alternative forms

• partisan

Noun

pertuisan (plural pertuisans)

1. (historical) A kind of halberd or pike.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xii:

     An ancient pertuisan, in the possession of Mr. Miller.

2. (historical) A truncheon; a staff.

Translations

kind of halberd or pike

• Finnish: pertuska (fi)

Anagrams

• paintures