fauchard
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French fauchard.
Pronunciation
Noun
fauchard (plural fauchards)
- (historical) An early European weapon consisting of a curved blade on a long pole.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fauchar, fauchart, from Old French fauçard, from Vulgar Latin *falcāre, derived from Latin falx (“sickle, scythe”). Doublet of faux ("scythe").
Noun
fauchard m (plural fauchards)
Further reading
- “fauchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.