noun.
A sword with a wide, usually two-edged blade that is designed for slashing rather than thrusting.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A sword with a broad blade, as distinguished from one with a narrow blade or from a three-sided thrusting-sword; a sword of which the edge as well as the point is used.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
noun.
A type of sword, usually a longsword, that has a broad cutting blade that does blunt damage as well as cutting damage. They were the pinnacle of medieval European sword technology.
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noun.
a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab