weaponshow
weaponshow is the alternative form of wapinschaw.
Meaning of wapinschaw
Noun
wapinschaw (plural wapinschaws)
- 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, […]...
- A volunteer meeting or shooting competition inspired by this traditional exhibition of weapons.
Forms of weaponshow
| plural | weaponshows |
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Questions about weaponshow
- What is weaponshow the alternative form of?
- Weaponshow is the alternative form of wapinschaw.
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