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Broadsword vs Sabre - What's the difference?

broadsword | sabre |

As nouns the difference between broadsword and sabre

is that broadsword is a type of sword, usually of the single-handed basket hilt variety, that has a broad cutting blade as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier while sabre is a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

As a verb sabre is

to hit or kill with a sabre.

broadsword

English

Alternative forms

* broad sword

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of sword, usually of the single-handed basket hilt variety, that has a broad cutting blade as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier.

    • See also

    * (l)

    sabre

    English

    (wikipedia sabre)

    Alternative forms

    * (chiefly US) saber

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

    • Usage notes

    This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

    Verb

    (sabr)
  • (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "sabre")

    See also

    * sabrer * sabreur

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