broadsword

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sword with a broad blade, typically sharpened on both edges and designed mainly for cutting

   The museum displayed a broadsword with an ornate basket hilt.

A compound of broad and sword, recorded as a name for a broad-bladed cutting weapon. The term helped distinguish such weapons from narrower, primarily thrusting swords such as the rapier.

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