broad sword
Heavy cutting weapon
A broad sword is a sword with a wide, flat blade designed for cutting rather than thrusting, typically featuring a basket-shaped guard to protect the hand.
The term most often refers to military swords used from the 16th through 18th centuries, particularly those associated with Scottish Highland warriors.
The museum displayed a collection of broad swords from the Jacobite era.
The spelling varies between two words and the single word broadsword.
- claymoreScottish great sword
- Scottish HighlandsMountainous northern Britain
- falchionCurved medieval cutting sword
- backswordSingle-edged martial blade
- scimitarCurved Eastern blade
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