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单词 falchion
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falchionn.

Brit. /ˈfɔːl(t)ʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈfɔl(t)ʃən/, /ˈfɑl(t)ʃən/
Forms: Middle English–1600s fach-, fauch-, fawch-, -on(e, -oun, (Middle English fauschune, fawchun, fouchon, fwalchon), 1500s–1800s fauch-, faulch-, fawch-, -eon, -ion, (1500s fachen, falcheon, fawching, 1500s–1600s fau-, fawchin(e, 1600s falchon, 1700s faulchin), 1600s– falchion; N.E.D. (1895) also records a form fawchyn; also Middle English fawken, 1600s falcen, perhaps by confusion with falcon n.
Etymology: Middle English fauchoun, < Old French fauchon = Italian falcione < vulgar Latin *falciōn-em, < Latin falci-, falx sickle.
1.
a. A broad sword more or less curved with the edge on the convex side. In later use and in poetry: A sword of any kind.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > broadsword
billOE
falchion1303
glaive1488
broadswordc1565
glay1568
foutch1580
Andrew1618
curtan1697
Ferrara1763
claymore1772
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8645 Hys [the priest's] tung shuld be hys fauchoun.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2244 Lucafer..drow out a schort fachoun.
c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 246 Y trowe youre fauchone hym flaies.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 141 He..toke a grete fawchon in his handes.
a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 19 He lifts his fauchion with a threatning grace.
1720 J. Gay Fan i, in Poems I. 40 In the bright air the dreadful fauchion shone.
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxvii. 356 Spears shook, and faulchions flashed amain.
1852 C. Kingsley Andromeda in Poems 237 Curved on his thigh lay a falchion.
b. single falchion, double falchion, case of falchions: various species of sword-play. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > types of
case of falchions1489
foils1600
quarte and tierce1785
cut and thrust1840
sabre1954
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. vii. 189 The nobility and gentry have..quarter-staff, single faulchion, double faulchion, etc.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 436. ⁋2 The several Weapons following, viz...Single Falchion, Case of Falchions, Quarter Staff.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit v. 10 He dreaded not Old Lewis either at Back-Sword, single Faulcion, or Cudgel-play.
attributive.1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxvi. 138 Axes of werre facioned asswel after fawken wise as other.1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 159 A falcon sword after the Turkish fashion.1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 May (1974) VIII. 209 His Knife..with a Falchon blade.
2. = bill n.1 4 or bill-hook n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > bill hook
wood-billc725
billc1000
falsartc1380
wood-hookc1440
falchion1483
forest-bill1488
bush-scythe1552
brush-bill1588
cutting-bill1601
bill-hook1611
hook-bill1613
bush-bill1631
hack1846
snagger1847
slasher1858
bush-hook1860
slash-hook1891
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 343/3 Other plowemen..folowed the wulf and with their staues and fauchons delyuerd the child hoole.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 25 b Their enimies..were cutting of it [the gabell] with their wood-kniues or fawchings.
1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg8 Let thy bright fawchion lend Me Cipresse bughes.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 333 The Huntsman..with a wood-knife or faucheon at his side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

falchionv.

Etymology: < falchion n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To cut with a falchion, use a falchion upon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > with a specific instrument
sawa1225
kembc1480
falchiona1529
hatchet1603
jackknife1806
scissor1840
knive1851
knife1890
paper-knife1898
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi v Holde thy hande..Or I shal fawchyn thy flesshe & scrape the on the skyn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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