(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:55:53

Loch*a"ber ax", Loch*a"ber axe" (?). [So called from Lochaber, in Scotland.]

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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