falchion
Americannoun
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a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
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Archaic. any sword.
noun
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a short and slightly curved medieval sword broader towards the point
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an archaic word for sword
Etymology
Origin of falchion
1275–1325; Middle English fauchoun (with l restored in 16th cent.) < Old French fauchon < Vulgar Latin *falciōn-, stem of falciō, derivative of Latin falx, stem falc- sickle
Example Sentences
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Madoc personally instructed us in the art of fighting with the cutlass and dagger, the falchion and our fists.
From Literature
Robin dropped his spear, drew his falchion in the same movement, stepped into the huddle of snarls, and calmly picked an alaunt up by the leg.
From Literature
At All Souls, Oxford, is a carving of a warrior-visaged person wearing a morion, and armed with a falchion and buckler.
From Project Gutenberg
This at bottom, and this at last is what those flashing falchions and ringing shields declare.
From Project Gutenberg
Let each right-hand its untried arrows grasp, Or its own fiercely-gleaming falchion clasp.
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