broadsword
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broadsword
before 1000; Middle English brood swerd, Old English brād sweord. See broad, sword
Example Sentences
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Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh described the film as “a social satire that wields a scalpel, not a cleaving broadsword, as it surgically slices through the many hypocrisies of the culture industry at large.”
From Los Angeles Times
The public will be able to see the solid-silver-hilted broadsword from March next year.
From BBC
There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.
From Los Angeles Times
He routinely completed samurai training, grappling training and broadsword training beginning at five in the morning.
From Salon
It starts out small and thin, like a rapier’s blade, but I push more of the splendor into it, until I’m holding what looks like a massive broadsword.
From Literature
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