英语词汇“Welsh hook”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Welsh hook

释义

† Welsh hook Obs.
[Welsh a.]
A billhook; a weapon of this form. Cf. Welsh bill.
a1593Marlowe Edw. II, iv. vi, [2nd Stage dir.] Enter with Welch hookes, Rice ap Howell, a Mower, and the Earle of Leicester.1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 372 Hee of Wales, that..swore the Deuill his true Liege-man vpon the Crosse of a Welch-hooke.1599G. Silver Paradoxes Def. 31 The Welch hooke or Forrest bill, hath aduantage against all maner of weapons whatsoeuer.1611Cotgr., Riveran,..a Welsh hooke, or hedging bill made with a hooke at the end.1617J. Swetnam Sch. Sci. Defence 143 When you encounter with any man that hath a Staffe, a Welch-hooke, or a Halbert.1618J. Taylor (Water P.) Penniless Pilgr. B 4 b, A Watch-mans bill, or a Welch-hooke falles not halfe so heauy vpon a man.a1637B. Jonson Masque, For Honour of Wales Wks. (1641) 33 Owen Glendower, with a Welse hooke, and a Goats skinne on his backe.1694Motteux Rabelais v. vii. 25 Their Claws..grow as crooked as a Welch Hook, or a Hedging Bill.

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