A heavy glove-like weapon tipped with a venom-coated claw, used by Ligonian women in ritual combat to the death and wielded by Tasha Yar against Yareena.
The glavin is the traditional duelling weapon of Ligon II, a large gauntlet ending in a curved spiked blade. The spikes are coated with a fast-acting poison, so that a single scratch is fatal. It appears in the Next Generation episode Code of Honor.
When the Ligonian leader Lutan abducts Tasha Yar and declares that he wants her as his First One, his wife Yareena challenges Yar to a fight to the death. The two meet in an arena surrounded by lit poles, each armed with a glavin; a stray blow kills a spectator.
Yar wins by striking Yareena and immediately has them both beamed to the Enterprise, where Beverly Crusher revives her. Yareena's brief death dissolves her marriage and strips Lutan of his lands.