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Falchion definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAL'CHION, n. fal'chun. a is pronounced as in fall. [L. falx, a reaping hook.]
A short crooked sword; a cimiter.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English fauchoun, from Anglo-French fauchun, from faucher to mow, from Vulgar Latin *falcare, from Latin falc-, falx Date: 14th century 1. a broad-bladed slightly curved sword of medieval times 2. archaic sword

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. hist. a broad curved sword with a convex edge. Etymology: ME fauchoun f. OF fauchon ult. f. L falx falcis sickle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Falchion Fal"chion, n. [OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. f["a]lcio, fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. ?????? a ship's rib, ?????? bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf. Defalcation.] 1. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages. 2. A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Cimeter.