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shasqua

shasqua is the alternative spelling of shashka.

Meaning of shashka

Noun

shashka (plural shashkas)

  1. A kind of guardless, lightly-curved sabre used in Russia.
    • The question of form naturally concerns only the cutting weapon. Indeed, it is to a certain degree idle to discuss it at all, or at least of no great moment. To be convinced of this it is sufficient to compare the curvature of the yatagan with the less decided curvature of the shashka. Yet no...1894, L.R. Hamersly & Company, The United Service, volume 12

Forms of shasqua

pluralshasquas

Origin of shasqua

Borrowed from Russian шашка (šaška).

Questions about shasqua

What is shasqua the alternative spelling of?
Shasqua is the alternative spelling of shashka.

Words near shasqua in the dictionary

  1. Shashvat
  2. Shashwat
  3. Shasi
  4. shaslik
  5. shasliks
  6. shasqua
  7. shasquas
  8. shass
  9. Shasta
  10. Shasta Costa
  11. Shasta County

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