Halberd

A weapon with a pointed or V-shaped blade mounted at right angles to its haft (handle), yet with its flat surface in the same plane as the shaft, and used with a chopping motion. In bronze it was popular in the European Early Bronze Age (mainly in Ireland and central Europe) and appears again in the Chinese Bronze Age.

A metal weapon with a blade like that of a dagger, but mounted at right-angles to the haft and used rather like a battle-axe. Halberds occur quite commonly in the Copper Age of Italy and in several parts of Europe during the Early Bronze Age. Halberd blades on their own can be confused with dagger blades; however, they are frequently stronger and often asymmetrical in outline. See also GE.