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Definition of Welsh glaive

Welsh glaive
Welsh Welsh, a. [AS. w[ae]lisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger, foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael; akin to OHG. walh, whence G. w["a]lsch or welsch, Celtic, Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from the name of a Celtic tribe. See Walnut.] Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes written also Welch.] Welsh flannel, a fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largely manufactured by hand. Welsh glaive, or Welsh hook, a weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. --Fairholt. --Craig. Welsh mortgage (O. Eng. Law), a species of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the mean time shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest. --Burrill. Welsh mutton, a choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained from a breed of small sheep in Wales. Welsh onion (Bot.), a kind of onion (Allium fistulosum) having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any bulb, a native of Siberia. It is said to have been introduced from Germany, and is supposed to have derived its name from the German term w["a]lsch foreign. Welsh parsley, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular] --J. Fletcher. Welsh rabbit. See under Rabbit.

Meaning of Welsh glaive from wikipedia

- Welsh glaives" – twenty shillings and sixpence being the charge for thirty glaives with their staves, made at Abergavenny and Llanllowel. The glaive typically...
- cavalry. Occasionally glaive blades were created with a small hook or spike on the reverse side. Such glaives are named glaive-guisarme. A voulge (occasionally...
- be defeated with the Glaive, an ancient, magical, five-pointed weapon resembling a large throwing star. Colwyn retrieves the Glaive from a mountain cave...
- period) Shortsword Ulfberht (Frankish) Ahlspiess Bardiche Bec de Corbin Bill Glaive Goedendag Guisarme Halberd Lance Lochaber axe Lucerne hammer Man catcher...
- for the same medieval weapon. In later historical text, the terms glaive (possibly Welsh) and fauchard are used to describe the same weapons. Over time,...
- later designs implemented a small reverse spike on the back of the blade Glaive, a large blade, up to 45 cm (18 in) long, on the end of a 2 m (6 ft 7 in)...
- "Shining Sword". Likewise, the Scottish Gaelic form is claidheamh solais "glaive of light", or claidheamh geal solais "White Glave of Light". The folk tales...
- axe (European) Epsilon axe (European, Middle Eastern) Fauchard (European) Glaive (European) Guan (kwan) dao (Chinese) Guisarme (European) Halberd (European)...
- Jake Wesley Rogers, Bia, Big Wild, Zhu Barton Springs Stage Friday: Dcarr, Glaive, L'Impératrice, Lucky Daye Sa****ay: Lesly Reynaga, Lido Pimienta, Tyla...
- Several polearms were used in the ****anese theatres; the naginata was a glaive-like weapon with a long, curved blade po****rly among the samurai and the...