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Definition of Falchion
1. Noun. A short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point.
Definition of Falchion
1. n. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.
Definition of Falchion
1. Noun. (context: also in attributive use) A somewhat curved medieval broadsword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A billhook. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete rare transitive)“[ †?falchion, ''v.'']” listed in the '''Oxford English Dictionary''' [2nd Ed.; 1989] Attack with a falchion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Falchion
1. a broad-bladed sword [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falchion
Literary usage of Falchion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"The knife was also shorter than the sword, and had a single edge, intended only
for cutting, as was the falchion, a species of ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... False, false is the heart that refuses to yield From your serried ranks of war !
Fall in line with State of Marion, And your glittering falchion draw ! ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
""Behold what tribes conspire, what cities strong "Behind barred gates now make
the falchion keen "To ruin and blot out both me and mine! ..."
4. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Based on Sir William by Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"The falchion was girded like n dagger upon the waist, and held in the hand by a
short hilt. Fig. 540.—Falx. (From cameo«.) This weapon, fixed to the end of ..."
5. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"Sisters, hence with spurs of speed: Each her thundering falchion wield; Each
bestride her sable steed. Hurry, hurry to the field. ..."
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