pappenheimer

[ pap-uhn-hahy-mer, pah-puhn- ]

noun

1. a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pappenheimer¹

Named after Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu Pappenheim (1594–1632), German leader in the Thirty Years' War; -er ¹

Example Sentences

Pappenheimer brought about similar lesions in rats by the injection of a suspension of bone marrow from a rhachitic animal.

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