| 释义 |
‖ tranchefer Obs. or arch. rare.|trɑ̃ʃfɛr|
[F., f. tranche vb. imper. cut + fer iron.]
A name given to a sword.
c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 208 And Arthur drewe out Clarence, his good sworde;..also called traunchfer, that is for to say, cutter of yren. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xiii, We will go..and teach these Easterns how to judge of a knight's sword, by a single blow of my trusty Tranchefer. |