Definitions for fauchard

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fauchard fau·chard

Spelling: [foh-shahr; French foh-shar

IPA: /foʊˈʃɑr; French foʊˈʃar/

Fauchard is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in fauchard (aacdfhru).

Definitions for fauchard

noun

1. 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 of fauchard

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

Examples for fauchard

She passed, with her two gentlemen, but the French sentinel barred the way, holding his fauchard thwartwise.

He dropped his fauchard over his shoulder, and stood aside, staring impudently at the Maiden, and muttering foul words.