lochaber

The lochaber axe had fallen into disuse since the introduction of the musket; but a rude, yet ready substitute had been found for it, by fixing scythes at the end of a pole, with which the Highlanders resisted the attacks of cavalry.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson

A gun, a pair of pistols, and a target, completed their armour, except when ammunition failed, when they substituted for the gun, the lochaber axe; this was a species of long lance, or pike, with a formidable weapon at the end of it, adapted either for cutting or stabbing.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson