dirks
Scottish stabbing weapons
Dirks is the plural of dirk, a long straight-bladed dagger.
The Scottish Highland dirk was traditionally worn with formal dress and used in close combat.
The word appears in historical and fantasy contexts: The assassins carried dirks beneath their cloaks.
To dirk someone is to stab them with such a weapon.
Short double-edged blades
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- knivesEdged cutting instruments
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- hiltsBlade handle sections
Scottish · sheaths · thrusting · pommel · crossguard · steel · combat · assassination
Related group sharing ancestry
- tartanPatterned clan fabric
- kiltWrapped Highland garment
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
sporran · regalia · traditional · Jacobite · heirloom · dress · badge · warfare
daggers
Short double-edged blades
hilts · Scottish · sheaths · thrusting · pommel · crossguard · steel · combat · assassination · concealed
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- tartanPatterned clan fabric
- kiltWrapped Highland garment
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
chieftain · sporran · regalia · traditional · Jacobite · heirloom · dress · badge · warfare · broadsword
midshipman
Officer trainee at sea
seaman · officer · shipboard · combat · Royal Navy · sidearm · maritime · close-quarters · deck · fighting
- historical weaponsmusket, muskets, flintlock, flintlocks, pistols
- Scottish HistoryScottish Parliament, clans, Alba, Culloden, Bannockburn
dirksclaymores
Scottish two-handed swords
greatswords · longswords · broadswords · halberds · polearms