Wiktionary
alt. Any of the large, straight-bladed European swords used with either one or two hands; a longsword. n. Any of the large, straight-bladed European swords used with either one or two hands; a longsword.
Usage examples of "bastard sword".
A plain bastard sword hung from the iron rings of his harness, swinging in time with his heavy steps.
Last of all he collected Longclaw, and slung the bastard sword across his back.
When the brand swung again, he bulled into it, swinging the bastard sword with both hands.
My bastard sword was standing upright neatly in the corner, and the sai were crisscrossed on the floor in front of it.
Sunlight splinters from their steel-bladed spears, except for one groupfive of them riding behind an unar-mored man who's covered with blood, who waves a bastard sword as lightly as a conductor's baton.