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baggonet

baggonet is the obsolete form of bayonet.

Meaning of bayonet

Noun

bayonet (plural bayonets)

  1. A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
    • Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi
  2. A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

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Forms of baggonet

pluralbaggonets

Questions about baggonet

What is baggonet the obsolete form of?
Baggonet is the obsolete form of bayonet.

Words near baggonet in the dictionary

  1. Bagginshield
  2. Baggio-Yoshinari syndrome
  3. Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome
  4. baggit
  5. baggits
  6. baggonet
  7. baggonets
  8. Baggott
  9. Baggotts
  10. Baggrow
  11. baggs

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