falchioned

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôlʹshənd, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlʃənd/

Etymology 1

falchion +‎ -ed, from the noun.

Adjective

falchioned (not comparable)

Armed with a falchion.

Etymology 2

falchion +‎ -ed, from the verb.

Adjective

falchioned (not comparable)

Slain by a falchion.

Synonyms

Macheted.

Verb

falchioned

simple past tense of falchion
- 1939, James Joyce, chapter I, in Finnegans Wake‎, page 135:
  […] O sorrow the sail and woe the rudder that were set for Mairie Quail; his suns the huns, his dartars the tartars, are plenty here today; who repulsed from his burst the bombolts of Ostenton and falchioned each flash downsaduck in the deep; […]

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