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fal⋅chion

  [fawl-chuhn, -shuhn]
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–noun
1. a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
2. Archaic. any sword.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME fauchoun (with l restored in 16th cent.) < OF fauchon < VL *falciōn-, s. of falciō, deriv. of L falx, s. falc- sickle
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fal·chion   (fôl'chən)   
n.  

  1. A short, broad sword with a convex cutting edge and a sharp point, used in medieval times.

  2. Archaic A sword.


[Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon, from Vulgar Latin *falciō, falciōn-, from Latin falx, falc-, sickle.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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falchion 
"broad sword, somewhat curved," 1303, from O.Fr. fauchon, from V.L. falcionem, from L. falx "sickle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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