noun
- a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- Archaic. any sword.
noun
- a short and slightly curved medieval sword broader towards the point
- an archaic word for sword
“broad sword, somewhat curved,” c.1300, fauchoun, from Old French fauchon, from Vulgar Latin *falcionem, from diminutive of Latin falx “sickle.”