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fauchard

[foh-shahr; Fr. foh-shar]

fau·chard

[foh-shahr; Fr. foh-shar]
noun, plural fau·chards [-shahrz; Fr. -shar] .
a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.

Origin:
< French; Old French fauchart, equivalent to fauch(er) to cut with a scythe (< Vulgar Latin *falcāre, derivative of Latin falx, stem falc- sickle) + -art -art
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Fauchard is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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