Sentence:  France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows and <WSD>bills</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.