swordproof
English
Etymology
sword + -proof
Adjective
swordproof (comparative more swordproof, superlative most swordproof)
- Resistant to blows of a sword.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,
- Vnlesse his brest be sword proofe he shall die.
- 1660, Francis Brooke (translator), The World Surveyed by Vincent le Blanc, London: John Starkey, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 332,
- They are dextrous archers, and seldom misse their mark, their bow[s] ten or twelve foot long, and their arrows will pierce a corselet good sword proof […]
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,