The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scimiter \Scim"i*ter\, Scimitar \Scim"i*tar\, n. [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.]
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
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A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant ( Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.
Wiktionary
n. (obsolete form of scimitar English)
Usage examples of "scymetar".
The scymetars of the faithful were not yet sheathed from slaughter when the royal umbrella appeared.