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martel de fer

martel de fer noun: a weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.

Noun

martel de fer (plural martels de fer)

  1. A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.
    • In addition to the sword and spear , the warrior occasionally wielded the martel-de-fer , a weapon combining a hammer and pick , and which did great execution among the armed knights , in breaking or dragging off the rings of the hauberk1846, Frederick William Fairholt, Costume in England: History

Forms of martel de fer

pluralmartels de fer

Origin of martel de fer

Old French, hammer of iron.

Questions about martel de fer

What does martel de fer mean?
Martel de fer means a weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.
What part of speech is martel de fer?
Martel de fer is a noun.
What is the plural of martel de fer?
The plural of martel de fer is martels de fer.

Words near martel de fer in the dictionary

  1. marteaux
  2. martech
  3. martechs
  4. marted
  5. martel
  6. martel de fer
  7. Martelange
  8. marteline
  9. martelines
  10. Martell
  11. Martella

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