Plural of bayonet

Forms of bayonet

Bayonets in a sentence

• Some people cannot stand knives, swords, bayonets, anything sharp; psychiatrists have a word for it: aichmophobia.1963, Robert Heinlein, Glory Road, Ch.1, at p.10. From the entry aichmophobia
• The governments of these marionette states were held by the bayonets of the Japanese Kwantung Army.1948, Thomas E. Ennis, edited by Walter Consuelo Langsam, Eastern Asia, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 434. From the entry Kweisui
• Back in the Civil War, soldiers would have used single shot muzzle-loading long rifles with long-knifed bayonets attached to the barrels.2015, Frank Granada, Lorraine Grubbs, Beyond the Executive Comfort Zone: Outrageous Tactics to Ignite Individual Performance, Irving…. From the entry knifed
• Gray was investigating boxes and boxes of fascinating weaponry—grapeshot, chainshot, minié balls, cannonballs, bayonets, landmines—when a voice intruded.2001, Stephen King, Dreamcatcher: A Novel, →ISBN, page 603. From the entry chainshot
• Soon, however, the bayonets of the 72nd Highlanders and the kukris of the 2nd Gurkhas began to tell.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 356. From the entry kukri

Meaning of bayonet

1. noun A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
2. noun 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.
3. verb To stab with a bayonet.

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Questions about the plural of bayonet

What is the plural of bayonet?

The plural of bayonet is bayonets.

Is bayonet countable?

Bayonet is a countable noun.