Falchion

Pronunciation

RP enPR: fÃ´lÊ¹shÉ™n, IPA: /ËˆfÉ”ËlÊƒÉ™n/,

Alternative forms

Related terms

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

Origin

From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciÅnem, from Latin falx.

Full definition of falchion

Noun

falchion

(plural falchions)

(also in attributive use) A somewhat curved medieval single edge sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese .
(obsolete) A billhook.

Derived terms

Verb

(obsolete, rare, transitive)â€œâ€ Ëˆfalchion, v.â€ listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) Attack with a falchion.

Derived terms

falchioned slain by a falchion