different between fawchion vs falchion

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falci?nem, from Latin falx.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôl?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?f??l??n/,
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?lt??n/
  • (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f?lt??n/

Noun

falchion (plural falchions)

1. (also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
2. (obsolete) A billhook.

Derived terms

• case of falchions (swordplay)
• double falchion (swordplay)
• falchioned (armed with a falchion)
• single falchion (swordplay)

Translations

Verb

falchion (third-person singular simple present falchions, present participle falchioning, simple past and past participle falchioned)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.

Derived terms

• falchioned (slain by a falchion)

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