giusarma
Italian
Alternative forms
- gisarma
- guisarma
Etymology
From Old French guisarme, gisarme, jusarme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˈzar.ma/, [d͡ʒuˈz̪är̺mä]
- Stress: giusàrma
- Hyphenation: giu‧sar‧ma
Noun
giusarma f (plural giusarme)
- (weaponry) gisarme
- 1892, Giuseppe Caprin, Pianure friulane [Friulian Plains], Trieste: Giuseppe Caprin, published 1892, Cormons, page 326:
- […] le giusarme dei mercenarî al soldo dei baroni e le corsesche friulane che armarono le ultime masnade dei patriarchi e dei conti di Gorizia.
- […] the gisarmes of mercenaries hired by barons, and the Friulian corseques that served as weapons for the last gangs of Gorizia's patriarchs and counts.
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