pappenheimer

[pap-uh n-hahy-mer, pah-puh n-]

noun

a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.

Origin of pappenheimer

named after Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu Pappenheim (1594–1632), German leader in the Thirty Years' War; see -er¹

Also called Walloon sword.

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Pappenheimer brought about similar lesions in rats by the injection of a suspension of bone marrow from a rhachitic animal.
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