Obs. [a. F. besaiguë ‘double axe or bill,’ f. OF. bes:—L. bis twice + aigu sharp; L. type bis-acūta.] A double-edged axe.
c. 1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, III. xxii. Thereon sette were besaguys also.
c. 1440. Partonope, 1936. On eche shulder of steele a besagew.
