zagaiehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zagaie_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezagaie | zagaye, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

† zagaie | zagayenoun

Obsolete.
  1. 1590–1698
    1. 1590
      Some numbers of Zagaias (which are double headed Lances).
      J. Smythe, Certain Discourses Weapons L 4
    2. 1687
      They are very dextrous at the Zagaye.
      A. Lovell, translation of J. de Thévenot, Travels into Levant i. 35
    3. 1693
      Long Hooks, Lances, Zagages [Fr. azzesgayes].
      T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux, translation of F. Rabelais, 3rd Book of Works Prologue 5
    4. 1698
      The Sagay, which is a very light Half-Pike.
      translation of F. Froger, Relation of Voyage Coasts of Africa 12
    5. [1702
      They..excell [in] the managing of the Zagaie; which is a sort of Stick about four Foot long, about an Inch Thick, round before and flat behind.
      W. J., translation of C. de Bruyn, Voyage to Levant xxii. 95]
    6. [1869
      The ‘Estradiots’,..armed with a zagaie, or javelin, pointed at both ends.
      C. Boutell, translation of J. P. Lacombe, Arms & Armour vii. 102]

zagaie, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zagaie, n. was last modified in December 2023.