What does morris-pike mean?

morris-pike

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

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Obsolete

"Make this for a general rule, all long staves, Morris pikes, Forest bills, Javelins, or such like long weapons, of what sort soever, being above the true lengths, the shortest has the advantage, because they can cross and uncross in shorter time than can the longer."
"[…]do more exploits with his mace than a morris-pike."

morris-pikes (plural)

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