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Welsh glaive

noun

Welsh glaive

noun
1

A weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleaxe.

  • there shall not come the twang of a Welsh bow, nor the glimmer of a Welsh glaive within a fair league of its battlements!1838, James Gregor Grant, Rufus, Or, The Red King: A Romance:
Synonyms
Welsh hook

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