falchion
See also: Falchion
English
Alternative forms
Variant spellings[1]
- fachon (14th-17th century)
- fachone (14th-17th century)
- fachoun (14th-17th century)
- fauchon (14th-17th century)
- fauchone (14th-17th century)
- fauchoun (14th-17th century)
- fawchon (14th-15th century)
- fawchone (14th-15th century)
- fawchoun (14th-15th century)
- fauschune (15th century)
- fawchun (15th century)
- fawken (15th century, erroneous, conflating falcon)
- fouchon (15th century)
- fwalchon (15th century)
- fachen (16th century)
- falcheon (16th century)
- faucheon (16th-19th century)
- fauchin (16th-17th century)
- fauchine (16th-17th century)
- fauchion (16th-19th century)
- faulcheon (16th-19th century)
- faulchion (16th-19th century)
- fawcheon (16th-19th century)
- fawchin (16th-17th century)
- fawchine (16th-17th century)
- fawchion (16th-19th century)
- fawchon (16th-17th century)
- fawchone (16th-17th century)
- fawchoun (16th-17th century)
- falcen (17th century, erroneous, conflating falcon)
- falchon (17th century)
- faulchin (18th century)
Etymology
From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôlʹshən, IPA(key): /ˈfɔːlʃən/,[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔltʃən/
- (cot-caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɑltʃən/
Noun
falchion (plural falchions)
- (also in attributive use)[1] A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.[1]
- (obsolete)[1] A billhook.[1]
Derived terms
- case of falchions (swordplay)
- double falchion (swordplay)
- falchioned (armed with a falchion)
- single falchion (swordplay)
Translations
Verb
falchion (third-person singular simple present falchions, present participle falchioning, simple past and past participle falchioned)
Derived terms
- falchioned (slain by a falchion)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 “falchion, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- 1 2 “†ˈfalchion, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
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