glaive

noun3

1. •
   (historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.

   • At that moment Ilane swung the bladed staff—glaive, Kel remembered as it swung, they called it a glaive—in a wide side cut, slicing one pirate across the chest. — 1999
2. •
   (no longer used, historical) A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
3. •
   (literary, no longer used) A sword, particularly a broadsword.

   • [T]he glaiue which he did wield / He gan forthwith t'auale, and way vnto me yield. — 1596