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  2. Arquebus - Wikipedia

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    The term arquebus is derived from the Dutch word haakbus ("hook gun"). [9] which was applied to an assortment of firearms from the 15th to 17th centuries. It originally referred to "a hand-gun with a hook-like projection or lug on its under surface, useful for steadying it against battlements or other objects when firing". [1]

  3. Tekkō - Wikipedia

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    Some fist-load weapons may also serve, in the same manner, as the guard on a sword, to protect the structure of the bearer's hand. A variant of the weapon known as tekkō-kagi (手甲鉤, lit. "back of the hand hooks") is characterized by four iron nails like bear claws attached to a metal ring. Worn over the hands, the claws could be used for ...

  4. Hook (hand tool) - Wikipedia

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    A hook is a hand tool used for securing and moving loads. It consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 20 cm (8 inches) long projecting at a right angle from the center of the handle. The appliance is held in a closed fist with the hook projecting between two fingers.

  5. Billhook - Wikipedia

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    Bill (weapon) Brush hook; Fascine knife, which was sometimes shaped like a billhook; Falx; Harpe, a Greek or Roman long sickle or scythe; Kama, a Japanese and Okinawan tool used like a bill hook, though shaped more like a small scythe, also used as a weapon in some martial arts; Kudi, an Indonesian billhook-axe hybrid, used as tool as well as ...

  6. Guisarme - Wikipedia

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    While early designs were simply a hook on the end of a long pole, later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade. Eventually weapon makers incorporated the usefulness of the hook in a variety of different polearms, and guisarme became a catch-all for any weapon that included a hook on the blade.

  7. Lochaber axe - Wikipedia

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    The weapon is very similar to the Jedburgh axe, although the crescent blade of the former is larger and heavier than that of the latter. [2] The Lochaber axe took many incarnations, all of them having a few elements in common. It was a heavy weapon, used by infantry for a defense against cavalry and as a pike against infantry.

  8. Hook sword - Wikipedia

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    Hook swords, typically used as a pair. The hook sword, twin hooks, fu tao, hu tou gou (tiger head hook) or shuang gou (Chinese: 鈎 or 鉤; pinyin: Gōu) is a Chinese weapon traditionally associated with northern styles of Chinese martial arts and Wushu weapons routines, but now often practiced by southern styles as well.

  9. Aruval - Wikipedia

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    In Kerala, Malayalam language references the semi-circular knife for paddy, called "koduval" and the regular sized billhook machete is known as "vaakathi" (coconut cutting); while the veecharuval is known simply as aruval. The veecharuval was also used as a weapon and is still used as such for self-defence in rural areas or gang warfare in cities.