morglay
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare claymore.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morglay (plural morglays)
- (obsolete) A sword.
- 1612–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- carrying Their morglays in their hands
References
[edit]- “morglay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.