Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A long and heavy sword for cutting as well as thrusting.
  • noun That part of the edge of a cutting-sword which is near the point.
  • noun A cut with the edge of a sword: a term in sword-play.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • noun A blow with edge of a sword.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • noun A blow with the edge of a sword.

Etymologies

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French

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