sword bayonet

American  

noun

1. a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.

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sword bayonet British  

noun

1. a bayonet with a swordlike blade and hilt, capable of use as a sword

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Etymology

Origin of sword bayonet

First recorded in 1835–45

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Example Sentences

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sword bayonet

I will take your sword bayonet with me.

From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Walter Paget

Meanwhile, however, Cunningham had dropped his shovel, and, having drawn the sword bayonet with which he was armed, stood quite quietly on the defensive, alertly on the watch.

From Turned Adrift by Edward S. Hodgson

I had the sword bayonet I have told you about; and when the landlord got back, we sat talking in my study until nearly midnight.

From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson

The men carried lances about twelve feet long, held upright as they rode, and having black staffs and bright spear heads, something like the sword bayonet, though only about half as long.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore

But the latest development is the sword bayonet, of which this is an example.

From Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John T. McIntyre

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