Also 7 Loquhabor, Lochwaber. [The name of a district of Inverness-shire.] attrib. in Lochaber-axe (Antiq.): ‘a sort of halbert of a large size, having a strong hook behind for laying hold of the object assaulted’ (Jam.). Also in Lochaber-trump Sc., a Jew’s-harp (E.D.D.).
1618. J. Taylor (Water P.), Penniless Pilgr., E 4 b. Harquebusses, Muskets, Durks and Loquhabor Axes.
1643. Sc. Acts Chas. I. (1819), VI. 43/2. That they be furnisched with halbert, lochwaber axes, or Jedburgh staffes and swordis.
1812. W. Tennant, Anster Fair, II. xxxviii. Claymore and broad-sword and Lochaber-axe.
1814. Scott, Wav., xvi. Two wild Highlanders … one of whom had upon his shoulders a hatchet at the end of a pole, called a Lochaber-axe.
1882. Jas. Walker, Jaunt to Auld Reekie, 179. Lochaber-axes of the city guard.
