besague

Etymology
From, , , from , whence also 🇨🇬, related to 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬) and. Applied, in the Middle Ages, to a variety of medieval weapons or tools with two blades, edges, or faces, especially a double-bladed axe or war-hammer, but also to iron-headed cornuted staffs, clubs, or maces, spades, hoes, mattocks, and even knives.

Noun

 * 1) A kind of double-bladed axe.
 * 2) A kind of martel or war-hammer, with its head(s) shaped like a pick, mattock, or beak.
 * 3) A plate (as of armor) that protects an otherwise-exposed area, such as the armpit, the elbow, or the hand
 * 1) A plate (as of armor) that protects an otherwise-exposed area, such as the armpit, the elbow, or the hand
 * 1) A plate (as of armor) that protects an otherwise-exposed area, such as the armpit, the elbow, or the hand

Translations

 * Catalan: vairescut
 * German: Schwebescheibe
 * Polish: tarczka opachowa
 * Spanish: varaescudo