falchion

[ fawl-chuhn, -shuhn ]
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noun
  1. a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.

  2. Archaic. any sword.

Origin of falchion

1
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

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British Dictionary definitions for falchion

falchion

/ (ˈfɔːltʃən, ˈfɔːlʃən) /


noun
  1. a short and slightly curved medieval sword broader towards the point

  2. an archaic word for sword

Origin of falchion

1
C14: from Italian falcione, from falce, from Latin falx sickle

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