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fleshed one's maiden sword

fleshed one's maiden sword is the simple past and past participle of flesh one's maiden sword.

Meaning of flesh one's maiden sword

Verb

flesh one's maiden sword (third-person singular simple present fleshes one's maiden sword, present participle fleshing one's maiden sword, simple past and past participle fleshed one's maiden sword)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To experience or succeed in combat or struggle for the first time, as in the military or in politics.
    • Come brother Iohn, full brauely hast thou flesht / Thy mayden sword.c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]

Questions about fleshed one's maiden sword

What is fleshed one's maiden sword the simple past and past participle of?
Fleshed one's maiden sword is the simple past and past participle of flesh one's maiden sword.

Words near fleshed one's maiden sword in the dictionary

  1. fleshbrush
  2. fleshbrushes
  3. fleshcolored
  4. fleshcoloured
  5. fleshed
  6. fleshed one's maiden sword
  7. fleshed out
  8. fleshed-out
  9. fleshen
  10. fleshened
  11. fleshening

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