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bayonet definition

bayo·net (bā′ə net′; also bā′ə nət)

noun

  1. a detachable, daggerlike blade put on the muzzle end of a rifle, for hand-to-hand fighting
  2. a part like a bayonet in shape, manner of attachment, etc.

Etymology: Fr bayonnette, after Bayonne, France (see Bayonne), where first made

transitive verb, intransitive verb bayoneted -·net′ed or bayonetted -·net′·ted, bayoneting -·net′·ing or bayonetting -·net′·ting

to stab, prod, or kill with a bayonet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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