brown-bill

English

/ˈbɹaʊnbɪl/

noun

Definitions

(historical) A type of halberd used by mediaeval foot-soldiers and constables, painted brown to prevent rust.

Etymology

Compound from English brown + English bill (note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list).

Origin

English

bill

Gloss

note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Browncoat English
Brownshirt English
Christmas tree bill English
Eurobill English
acockbill English
adzebill English
anti-brown English
bill English
billability English
billable English
billboard English
biller English
billfish English
billfold English
billhead English
billholder English
billhook English
billlike English
billman English
billpayer English
billpaying English
billposter English
billposting English
billsticker English
billsticking English
bluebill English
boatbill English
bristlebill English
broadbill English
brown English
brown-haired English
brownable English
brownback English
browneye English
brownface English
brownfield English
brownie English
brownification English
brownify English
brownish English
brownly English
brownness English
brownnose English
brownout English
brownstone English
browntop English
brownwort English
browny English
conebill English
cranesbill English
crookbill English
crossbill English
crowbill English
duckbill English
duebill English
embrown English
flatbill English
handbill English
hawksbill English
hedgebill English
hookbill English
hornbill English
ibisbill English
ivorybill English
misbill English
mono-brown English
nonbrown English
nut-brown English
openbill English
overbill English
overbrown English
parrotbill English
playbill English
prebill English
razorbill English
rebill English
ringbill English
rosybill English
sabrebill English
saddlebill English
sawbill English
scimitarbill English
scissorbill English
sharpbill English
shearbill English
sheathbill English
shoebill English
shovelbill English
showbill English
sicklebill English
silverbill English
softbill English
spikebill English
spinebill English
spoonbill English
storksbill English
superbill English
swanbill English
swordbill English
thickbill English
thornbill English
toothbill English
topbill English
unbrown English
underbill English
waxbill English
waybill English
wedgebill English
weebill English
whitebill English
wrybill English
yellowbill English
bill French
bill Middle English
bille Middle English
broun Middle English
bille Irish
बिल Hindi
บิล Thai
bil Welsh
brown Welsh
బిల్లు Telugu
bille Norman
būrawūn Marshallese
bil Tok Pisin
braun Tok Pisin
braunpela Tok Pisin
ໃບບິນ Lao
bil Hausa
braon Bislama