noun
broadsword
BRAWD-sord/ˈbrɔːdsɔːrd/
A sword with a broad, usually straight blade.
The broadsword has a wide, straight blade and a sturdy hilt.
Etymology
The compound names the weapon by the width of its blade. Its defining image is a broad cutting surface, rather than simply a sword of great overall size.
In context
the gang roared stop all of you stop right there he swung his broadsword and hacked a fleeing henchman to death
More examples
- A heavy broadsword hung beside the shield.
- The museum displayed two seventeenth-century broadswords.
- He practiced controlled swings with a wooden broadsword.
Forms
broadsword · broadswords
Similar words
- rapier
- Typically has a narrower blade intended chiefly for thrusting.