† flatchetn.
Obsolete.
A sword.
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1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 6v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They..runne lyke bedlem barretors into the streetes with their naked flatchets.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 In grasse theyre flachets, and tergats warelye pitching.
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