Welsh glaive

English

Noun

Welsh glaive (plural Welsh glaives)

1. A weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleaxe.
   • 1838, James Gregor Grant, Rufus, Or, The Red King: A Romance:

     there shall not come the twang of a Welsh bow, nor the glimmer of a Welsh glaive within a fair league of its battlements!

Synonyms

• Welsh hook

References

• “Welsh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.