Falchion
[fawl-chuh n, -shuh n] /ˈfɔl tʃən, -ʃən/
noun
1.
a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
2.
Archaic. any sword.
/ˈfɔːltʃən; ˈfɔːlʃən/
noun
1.
a short and slightly curved medieval sword broader towards the point
2.
an archaic word for sword
n.
“broad sword, somewhat curved,” c.1300, fauchoun, from Old French fauchon, from Vulgar Latin *falcionem, from diminutive of Latin falx “sickle.”
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