Falchion Definition
fôlchən
noun
A medieval sword with a short, broad, slightly curved blade.
Webster's New World
Any sword.
Webster's New World
verb
(obsolete, rare) Attack with a falchion.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Falchion
Noun
Singular:
falchion
Plural:
falchionsOrigin of Falchion
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From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx (stem: falc-, “sickle”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English fauchoun from Old French fauchon from Vulgar Latin falciō falciōn- from Latin falx falc- sickle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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