† slaugh-swordn.
Obsolete.
A large two-handed sword.
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longswordc1275
slaugh-sword1548
slaughter sword1569
katana1613
bum-bladea1640
swinger1673
whanger1826
espadon1846
two-hander1888
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxvv Euery man hauing a iauelyn or slaughsword to keepe the people in aray.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 11 A brode slawght swerde, and a dager sharpe onelie on the one side.
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 6 b A fewe slath swords for the gard of their Ensignes.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 226 Those rough Tewtons..That vse long slaug-swords [printed slang-] in their mart.
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