† zaˈgaie, zaˈgaye Obs.
Also 6 zagaia, 7 sagay.
[a. F. zagaie, reduced form of azagaye: see assagai n.]
= assagai n.
| 1590 Sir J. Smythe Disc. Weapons L 4, Some numbers of Zagaias (which are double headed Lances). 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 35 They are very dextrous at the Zagaye. a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. Prol., Long Hooks, Lances, Zagayes [Rabelais azzesgayes]. 1698 Froger Voy. 12 The Sagay, which is a very light Half-Pike. [1702 W. J. tr. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xxii. 95 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. 1869 Boutell Arms & Armour vii. 102 The ‘Estradiots,’..armed with a zagaie, or javelin, pointed at both ends.] |