broadsword

[ brawd-sawrd, -sohrd ]

noun

1. a sword having a straight, broad, flat blade.

broadsword

/ ˈbrɔːdˌsɔːd /

noun

1. a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing Also calledbacksword

Word History and Origins

Origin of broadsword¹

before 1000; Middle English brood swerd, Old English brād sweord. See broad, sword

Example Sentences

Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh described the film as “a social satire that wields a scalpel, not a cleaving broadsword, as it surgically slices through the many hypocrisies of the culture industry at large.”

From Los Angeles Times

The public will be able to see the solid-silver-hilted broadsword from March next year.

From BBC

There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.

From Los Angeles Times

He routinely completed samurai training, grappling training and broadsword training beginning at five in the morning.

From Salon

It starts out small and thin, like a rapier’s blade, but I push more of the splendor into it, until I’m holding what looks like a massive broadsword.

From Literature

Related Words

• blade
• dagger
• saber