glaive
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
glaive (plural glaives)
- (obsolete, historical) A light#Adjective|light lance with a long, sharp#Adjective|sharp-pointed#Adjective|pointed head#Noun|head.
- (historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fix#Verb|fixed on the end, the edge#Noun|edge of which is on the outside curve#Noun|curve.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52.:
- The Welch Glaive is a kind of bill, sometimes reckoned among the pole axes.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52.:
- (archaic, now, loosely or poetic) A sword, particularly a broadsword.
- Edmund Spenser:
- The glaive which he did wield.
- Edmund Spenser:
- French: glaive; épée tranchante f
- German: Glefe (alternative spellings: Gläfe, Gleve), Fauchard
- Spanish: guja
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