schiavone
See also: Schiavone
English
Etymology
Italian schiavone, referring to the Slavs of the Doge's bodyguard.
Noun
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.
- 1973, Harry Allen Smith, Low Man Rides Again (page 41)
Anagrams
- anchovies
Italian
Adjective
schiavone (masculine and feminine plural schiavoni)
- Slavonian
Noun
schiavone m (plural schiavoni, feminine schiavona)
- Slavonian