broadswordn.
/ˈbrɔːdsɔːd/, U.S. /ˈbrɔdˌsɔrd/, /ˈbrɑdˌsɔrd/ a. ‘A cutting sword with a broad blade’ (Johnson). Also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > broadsword
billOE
falchion1303
glaive1488
broadswordc1565
glay1568
foutch1580
Andrew1618
curtan1697
Ferrara1763
claymore1772
a1000 Battle of Maldon 15 Ða he healdan mihte brad swurd.]
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. anno 1559 The master of Lindsay struck him on the head with a broad~sword.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 243 The Highland broad-sword is still called an Andrew Ferrara.
1799 Rowlandson (title) Hungarian and Highland Broadsword Exercise.
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. iii. ii. 422 They killed two of the horses, cutting through their necks with their stout broadswords..at a blow.
b. transferred (plural.) Men armed with broadswords.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > sword > specific type > collectively
broadsword1855
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 330 Lochiel, surrounded by more than six hundred broadswords.
Compounds
broadsword-shaped adj.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > other shapes
plummet-like1605
semilunar1681
cordated1698
cordate1760
obcordate1775
club-shaped1776
flabelliform1777
obovate1785
button-shaped1791
clavate1803
placentiform?a1808
obovoid1819
valviform1819
constricted1826
vulviform1829
mitrate1836
bipenniform1842
sandaliform1848
scopiform1852
obclavate1856
obcordiform1857
oboval1857
utriform1860
broadsword-shaped1870
placentoid1885
hypsiloid1886
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 22 The scapula, a broadsword-shaped bone.
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