cited in Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland (1777), here cited after OED. Apparently intended is the long form of the rapier which is contemporaneously also called a "long sword" by George Silver. C.f. Thimm, Carl A. A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling. Pelican Publishing. p. 269. ISBN978-1-4556-0277-3.