Half-pike: alternatives and connections

A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped bla…

To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.

The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commo…

A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one…

A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; --…

The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries,…

boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…

To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a…

The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.

The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the…

A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direc…

A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.