falchion

noun

1. a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
2. Archaic. any sword.

noun

1. a short and slightly curved medieval sword broader towards the point
2. an archaic word for sword

n.

“broad sword, somewhat curved,” c.1300, fauchoun, from Old French fauchon, from Vulgar Latin *falcionem, from diminutive of Latin falx “sickle.”