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."

From Project Gutenberg

Men rushed into the firing line at Przasnysz with a sword bayonet in one hand and two bombs in the other.

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With the flat sword bayonet one could slash, but sticking is better, believe British bayonet experts today.

From Time Magazine Archive

They would find, however, that the resistance of the inmates did not end with the breaking in of the door; for there was Rod holding himself in readiness to shoot again, Josh with his upraised poker, Hanky Panky also in line with a club, and the old man who had secured the revered gun that had hung on the wall since ’71, waiting for this day, had its sword bayonet adjusted so as to pin the first German who dared venture across that threshold.

From Project Gutenberg

My men went on filling sandbags from the same place last night and discovered the remains of the late owner of the sword bayonet.

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