wapinschaw en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɑpɪnʃɔː/
Etymology
From Scots [Term?], ultimately from Old English. See weapon and show.
Meanings
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(Scotland, historical) An exhibition of weapons, according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh, or level plain, near to a royal borough, […]
1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter II, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, pages 35–36:
- (Scotland, historical) A volunteer meeting or shooting competition inspired by this traditional exhibition of weapons.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| weaponshaw | alternative | lexicographic | |
| weaponshow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| wapenshaw | alternative | lexicographic | |
| weapon-schaw | alternative | lexicographic | |
| wapinshaw | alternative | lexicographic | |
| wapinschaws | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
nl wapenschouw (exhibition of weapons) · sv vapensyn (exhibition of weapons)