tulwar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tulwar
1825–35; < Hindi talwār, tarwār < Sanskrit taravāri
Example Sentences
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Give up your English sword, and take the tulwar I will place in your hands.”
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
‘Bah! it’s nothing,’ Royston observed, answering the direction of my eyes; ‘but—if the tulwar and the reprimand had both been sharper—confess, Hal, that this time, Le jeu valait bien la chandelle?’
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
Just then my eyes rested upon the beautiful tulwar that he had drawn across his knees when he sat down.
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
A chevroned black-beard half a horse-length behind him translated the demand into stately Pashtu, and for answer the hill chieftain mounted his stolen horse and shook his tulwar.
From Rung Ho! by Mundy, Talbot
He had no weapon, yet in that flash of time he noticed that not a tulwar was drawn.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram
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