yataghan

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Here"--placing a small object on the desk beside the yataghan--"is new evidence I find for you.

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  1. noun A Turkish sword or scimitar having a double-curved blade and an eared pommel, but lacking a handle guard.

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  • You rather gave yourself away over the yataghan, I thought In what way Specialised knowledge and all that Specialised knowledge of the weapons of cut and thrust does not also imply specialised knowledge of ancient pagan cults. —  Nest Of Vipers-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 55
  • Laura put down the yataghan, but kept it, still unsheathed, under her hand. —  Nest Of Vipers-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 55
  • The Kabyle was armed to the teeth, but nevertheless Coucou had forced him to succumb without a struggle Six months later Coucou was struck over the head by a yataghan, and, but for the timely interference of a comrade, would have been killed. —  The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I
  • Here"--placing a small object on the desk beside the yataghan--"is new evidence I find for you. —  The Sins of Séverac Bablon
  • The American was the most skilful, but by sheer strength his enormous antagonist threw him to the deck, and, gripping him by the throat with one hand, he reached down to draw a small curved knife, known as a yataghan. —  Dewey and Other Naval Commanders
 

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  1. Turkish yataǧan.

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  1. Also ataghan, and formerly attaghan; from Turkish yatagān.
 

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/ˈyætəgæn/
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