bec de corbin

noun

A poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole.

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crowbill
OriginOld French bec de corbin →
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Meanings

nounbec de corbin (plural becs de corbin)

plural becs de corbin

  1. historicalengineeringA poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole.

    Synonyms: crowbill

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole.

Similar
crowbill
Also see
crowbill

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbec de corbin
  2. Englishbec de corbin

Learned borrowing from Old French bec de corbin (literally “crow's beak”).

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Translations

Bulgarian бек де корбин
  • бек де корбин (bek de korbin)poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Catalan bec de corbin
  • bec de corbinpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Chinese Mandarin 鴉喙 /鸦喙
  • 鴉喙 /鸦喙 (yāhuì)poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Finnish bec de corbin
  • bec de corbinpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
French bec de corbin
  • bec de corbinpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
German Rabenschnabel
  • Rabenschnabelpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Italian mazzapicchio
  • mazzapicchiopoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Korean 베크드코르뱅, 크로우빌
  • 베크드코르뱅 (bekeudeukoreubaeng)poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
  • 크로우빌 (keuroubil)poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Lithuanian bec de corbin
  • bec de corbinpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Portuguese bec de corbin
  • bec de corbinpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Romanian cioc de cioară
  • cioc de cioarăpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Spanish bec de corbin
  • bec de corbinpoleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole
Cite this entry
APA

bec de corbin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bec%20de%20corbin

MLA

“bec de corbin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bec%20de%20corbin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bec de corbin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bec%20de%20corbin.

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