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Lochaber axe

Lochaber ax \Loch*a"ber ax"\, Lochaber axe \Loch*a"ber axe"\ n. A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.

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Lochaber axe

The Lochaber axe is a type of halberd that was used almost exclusively in Scotland.

Usage examples of "lochaber axe".

The claymore was, for most men, a two-handed weapon, but his strength and size gave him the power to swing the six-foot blade one-handed, freeing his left hand for yet another blade, or a Lochaber axe.

Perhaps unconsciously, Bevier was still brandishing his lochaber axe.

The Lochaber axe had a heavy, two-foot blade surmounted at its forward end with a razor-sharp, hawk like bill.

Hes got his lochaber axe with him, and if he gets desperate enough, he might try to chop the door down.

The one on the right gripped the foot-long hilt of a sword that looked to be five feet or more in the blade, while the one on the left carried a weapon that the scientists recognized from their studies as a Lochaber axe.