Definition of "glaives" [glaives]

• Plural form of glaive. (noun)

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• "Tell the people to bring their glaives and mutton spoons!"
• "But are they halberds or fauchards, glaives or bardiches?"
• "It begins with this sentence:After ascending seventy-two flights of iron stairs, creeping past tentacled sentinels lurking in pools filled with black water, and silently dispatching wizened old warriors armed with glaives and morningstars that proved a close match for his pistols and poisoned glass knives, Mr. Zealand at last stumbled into the uppermost room of Archibald Grace's invisible tower."