Hypertext Webster Gateway: "broadsword"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Broadsword \Broad"sword`\, n.
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
broadsword
n : a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges;
used to cut rather than stab
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