fauchard
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fauchard.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fauchard (plural fauchards)
- (historical) An early European weapon consisting of a curved blade on a long pole.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French fauchar, fauchart, from Old French fauçard, from Vulgar Latin *falcāre, derived from Latin falx (“sickle, scythe”). Doublet of faux ("scythe").
Noun edit
fauchard m (plural fauchards)
Further reading edit
- “fauchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.