fauchard

American  

[foh-shahr, foh-shar] / foʊˈʃɑr, foʊˈʃar /

noun

• fauchards
  plural

1. a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fauchards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fauchard

< French; Old French fauchart, equivalent to fauch ( er ) to cut with a scythe (< Vulgar Latin *falcāre, derivative of Latin falx, stem falc- sickle) + -art -art

Example Sentences

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fauchard

She passed, with her two gentlemen, but the French sentinel barred the way, holding his fauchard thwartwise.

From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang