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

Example Sentences

Fines were exacted from every officer and private who should not comply with the orders of the convention; and each non-commissioned officer and private was required to "provide himself with a suitable gun and one pound of powder, four pounds of bullets fit for his gun, six flints, a powder horn, cartouch box or bullet pouch, a sword, bayonet, or tomahawk."

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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.

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I will take your sword bayonet with me.

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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.

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

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