sidearms

sidearms n.

also side-arms, 1760, from side (adj.) + plural of arm (n.2).

Related Words for sidearms blade, bayonet, sword, cutlass, poniard, stylet, switchblade, stiletto, bodkin, dirk, anlace, sidearm, skean Examples from the Web for sidearms Historical Examples of sidearms

The officers were allowed to retain their sidearms, and the men to return to their homes.

G. A. Henty

The French soldiers rapped them back with the scabbard of their sidearms.

Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

Let them man my gig, the crew taking their sidearms with them.

Harry Collingwood

The Bavarians had collected their rifles and sidearms, and were going out sullenly.

Louis Tracy

Meanwhile these gentlemen had come on deck unarmed, without even their sidearms.

Gabriel Franchere