cinquedean.
/tʃɪŋkwɪˈdeɪa/ A broad-bladed dagger or short sword of which the blade has the breadth of five fingers.
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spudc1440
pavade1477
bistoury1490
skene1527
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kris1589
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stillado1607
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pisaa1640
jockteleg1642
khanjar1684
bayonet1692
kuttar1696
parazonium1751
skene-ochles1754
scalping-knife1759
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manchette1762
snickersnee1775
guard-dagger1786
boarding knife1807
scalp-knife1807
kukri1811
skene-dhu1811
parang1820
stylet1820
belt knife1831
bowie-knife1836
scalper1837
sheath-knife1837
toothpick1837
tumbok lada1839
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tickler1844
bowie1846
toad-sticker1858
simi1860
scramasax1862
kinjal1863
left-hander1869
main gauche1869
aikuchi1875
tanto1885
toad-stabber1885
cinquedea1897
trench knife1898
puukko1925
panga1929
quillon dagger1950
flick-knife1957
ratchet knife1966
sai1973
ratchet1975
1897 Daily News 1 Feb. 6/2 A cinquedea, the hilt composed of plaques of faceted ivory, Italian 15th century, in a finely decorated scabbard.
1911 Archaeol. Jrnl. 68 159 The majority of these cinquedeas are about four and a half inches wide at the base of the blade.
1920 G. F. Laking Rec. European Armour III. 61 The gorgeous enrichments of the various cinquedea-like daggers.
1920 G. F. Laking Rec. European Armour III. 70 Cinquedea sword daggers of late XVth and early XVIth century date.
1962 3rd Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 53/2 A fifteenth-century Venetian sword, the bronze hilt of cinquedea form bound with plaques of mammoth ivory.
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