Ferrara
“Andrea Ferrara; the name of a famous sword-cutler: most of the Highland broad-swords are marked with his name; whence and Andrea Ferrara has become the common name for a glaymore or Highland broad-sword.”
Regency Word Wednesday
11 Wednesday Dec 2013
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
So all those gorgeous highland heroes in romances will be wielding Ferrara inscribed broad-swords!
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That’s the same thought I had!
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