schiavone

See also: Schiavone

English

Etymology

Italian schiavone, referring to the Slavs of the Doge's bodyguard.

Noun

schiavone (plural schiavones)

  1. (historical) A backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th century.
    • 1973, Harry Allen Smith, Low Man Rides Again (page 41)
      Once back aboard the raft and still in the grip of those tentacles, it was O'Rourke's assignment to stand quietly while his partner took a schiavone, a two-edged basket-hilted sword he had picked up in Italy, and methodically whacked off the arms of the octopus.

Italian

Adjective

schiavone (masculine and feminine plural schiavoni)

  1. Slavonian

Noun

schiavone m (plural schiavoni, feminine schiavona)

  1. Slavonian
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