A weapon of war mentioned in Old English poetry, a kind of broadsword, a falchion. Obsolete. (Probably passing with modified shape into sense 2.)
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > broadsword (10) billOE A weapon of war mentioned in Old English poetry, a kind of broadsword, a falchion. Obsolete. (Probably passing with modified shape into sense 2.) falchion1303 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. glaive1488 A sword; esp. a broadsword. archaic and poetic. broadswordc1565 ‘A cutting sword with a broad blade’ (Johnson). Also attributive. glay1568 Perhaps: = glaive, n. foutch1580 ? = falchion, n. Andrew1618 A broadsword, an ‘Andrea Ferrara.’ Obs. rare. curtan1697 A broad, pointless sword. Ferrara1763 A broadsword; more fully, an ‘Andrea Ferrara’. Cf. Andrew, n. 2. claymore1772 Historical. The two-edged broadsword of the ancient Scottish Highlanders. Also (inexactly, but very commonly) the basket-hilted broadsword… |
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