WoW: Wappenshaw
3 July, 2017
WAPPENSHAW [WHAP-en-shore] - a muster of local men (in Scotland) to demonstrate they are adequately armed and primed for battle [From Northern English wapen, from Old Norse vápn weapon + schaw show] Nowadays, a pre-march gathering of fanatical protestors is the nearest thing we get to a wappenshaw.
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