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fauchard

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fau⋅chard

  [foh-shahr; Fr. foh-shar]
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–noun, plural -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:
< F; OF fauchart, equiv. to fauch(er) to cut with a scythe (< VL *falcāre, deriv. of L falx, s. falc- sickle) + -art -art
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