schiavone
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Italian schiavone, referring to the Slavs of the Doge's bodyguard.
Noun[edit]
schiavone (plural schiavones)
- (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.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See schiavo.
Adjective[edit]
schiavone (plural schiavoni)
Noun[edit]
schiavone m (plural schiavoni, feminine schiavona)