Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long sword in which the forte of the blade is very broad and the foible very narrow and slight, the change being abrupt, with a rapid curve or slope on each side. This weapon came into use toward the end of the seventeenth century.
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- noun A
blade , with ahexagonal ordiaper shaped cross section, once used to make smallswords .
Etymologies
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French
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Examples
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The result of this duel Professor Matthews does not tell, but if the wag's _colichemarde_ was as swift and penetrating as his wit, we may surmise that his opponent of the Code Napoléon and the code duello had a fourth shirt spoiled.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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_colichemarde_ with its fenestrated guard -- what a superb specimen of handicraft! '
The Mummy's Foot Th��ophile Gautier 1841
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