glaive noun. [gleɪv] ME.
[Old & mod. French (also glavie) lance, sword, app. from Latin gladius sword.]
1. A weapon consisting of a blade or sharp point fixed to a long handle; a lance; a halberd. ME-L17.
■ S. Butler Zeal, with aged clubs and gleaves Gave chase.
b. A lance set up as the winning-post in a race and freq. given as a prize to the winner; gen. a prize. LME-M16.

2. A sword; esp. a broadsword. arch. or poet. L15.
■ C. Bowen [He] girds on the Achæan's glittering glaive.

3. A fish-spear. Chiefly dial. M17.
■ G. Swift He would catch eels..with a long, many-bladed spear called a glaive.

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