Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
spadone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.
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- noun A
single-handed ,lightweight sword .
Etymologies
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Compare French and Spanish espadon, Italian spadone. See espadon, spade.
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chained_bear commented on the word spadroon
"SPADROON, a cut and thrust sword." (citation in Historical Military Terms list description)
October 9, 2008