pedangn.
/pəˈdaŋ/, U.S. /pəˈdɑŋ/ In Malaysia and Indonesia: a type of long sword.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > other types of sword
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tonsword?1578
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walking sword1677
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pedang1817
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1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java vi. 296 The pedáng, bandól, [etc.]..are varieties of sword.
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xii. 210 When going to war, a Malay considers himself completely armed with a kris, a golok, a badik (sort of knife), a chenankas, or pedang (sword), a musket and cartridges.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 477/1 The Malays use..long swords of ordinary pattern called pedang.
1936 G. B. Gardner Keris iii. 69 Theoretically this is any type of sword of foreign origin... The pĕdang may be straight or curved.
1997 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 31 May 15 Other weapons include bows, arrows, pedang and golok.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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