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A short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point
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falchion
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context also in attributive use English) A somewhat curved medieval single edge sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian http://en.wikipedi org/wiki/scimitar and the Chinese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dao%20(sword). ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Falchion \Fal"chion\, n. [OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. f["a]lcio, fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. ?????? a ship's rib, ?????? bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf. Defalcation .] A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Falchion was a Finnish heavy metal / death metal band formed in 2002. Their debut album, Legacy of Heathens , was released in 2005. The vocalist and lead guitarist Juho Kauppinen and drummer Matti Johansson perform with the Finnish folk metal group Korpiklaani ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a broad sword, somewhat curved," c.1300, fauchoun , from Old French fauchon "curved sword," from Vulgar Latin *falcionem , from diminutive of Latin falx "sickle" (see falcate ). Partially re-Latinized in early Modern English.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point
Usage examples of falchion.
He also made certain that the falchion was loose in the sheaththe broad, thick, heavy blade was centuries older than the elderly arquebus, but cold steel was at least always dependable, if well honed and hard-swung.
I had fleshed the point of the falchion in the haunch of one of these animals when I heard the drumming of hoofs, and supposing them to belong to the destrier of an estafette, moved to the edge of the road to let him pass.
He cut the falchion through a leather coat, kicked the blade free, swung it so that blood streamed in droplets from the blade, then hacked again.
Will Skeat had once told Thomas how he had seen a Scottish horse decapitated with a single blow of a falchion, and just to see one of the brutal blades was to feel terror in the gut.
With a clatter and a clang, hand weapons cascaded out of nowhere: war axes, mattocks, cleavers, falchions, stabbing spears, all good steel sharpened and blackened against rust.
Durindana or Fushberta to their respective masters, and was nearly as formidable to his enemies as those renowned falchions proved to the foes of Christendom.
Thin poniards and wider daggers, dirks, stilettos, one saber, one scimitar, kukris and katars from India, a skean dhu from Scotland, a short-handled halberd, bayonets, falchions, bowies, yataghans.
She sheathed her dagger, picked up her falchion, and followed Chap to the south stairway with Emê.
Her falchion had proven painful to undeads in the past, though she didn’t understand why.