tulwar

[ tuhl-wahr, tuhl-wahr ]

noun

1. any of several Indian sabers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tulwar¹

1825–35; < Hindi talwār, tarwār < Sanskrit taravāri

Example Sentences

In one of these an officer received a tulwar cut which severed an artery.

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Disdaining to jump he came down slowly, and faced Mowbray without laying hand on the pistol or jeweled tulwar he carried.

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“Bit of a chop from a tulwar,” replied Drummond, touching his bandaged arm lightly.

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Charlie, however, drew his pistol, and Hossein took his place with his drawn tulwar by the helmsman.

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Heads cracked beneath the fall of staves, and red blood spurted from a knife thrust or the cut of a tulwar.

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