A fauchard is a type of polearm which was used in mediaeval Europe for the 11th through the 14th centuries. The design consisted of a curved blade put atop a 6-7 foot long pole. The blade bore a moderate to strong curve along its length, however unlike a glaive the cutting edge was only on the concave side. This made the fauchard blade resemble that of a sickle or a scythe. This is not a very efficient design for the purposes of war, and was eventually modified to have one or more lance points attached to the back or top of the blade. This weapon is called a fauchard-fork, it is very often erroneously referred to as a guisarme or bill-guisarme since it superficially appears to have a 'hook'. A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... A glaive is a polearm consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole. ... In geometry, concavity is a property of certain geometric figures, and in calculus, a property of certain graphs of functions. ... Using a sickle A sickle is a curved, hand-held agricultural tool typically used for harvesting grain crops before the advent of modern harvesting machinery. ... Using a scythe A scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing and reaping grass or crops. ... The term lance has become a catchall for a variety of different pole weapons based on the spear. ... A guisarme (sometimes gisarme or bisarme) is a now antiquated pole weapon used in Europe primarily between 1000-1400. ... The bill (also bill hook or bill-guisarme) was, in the 15th and 16th Centuries, the main close combat weapon of English infantry. ...