broadsworded

adj

Etymology

From broadsword + -ed.

  1. derived from *seh₂w-
  2. inherited from *swerdą
  3. inherited from *swerd
  4. inherited from sweord
  5. inherited from sword
  6. compounded as broadsword — “broad + sword
  7. suffixed as broadsworded — “broadsword + ed

Definitions

  1. Wearing or carrying a broadsword.

    • xiphias gladius, the broadsworded gladiator of the sea
    • A small man he, booted, belted, buckskinned, broadsworded, to the hilt, his face like an old brown canvas sail, his hair whirling like smoke about his head.
    • Both were in their middle thirties, tall and well muscled for the day, even if lightweights compared to Lamington and Polmood, and their habit was thick soldierly leather, broadsworded at the belt.
  2. simple past and past participle of broadsword

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