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shotel

shotel noun: an Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar.

Noun

shotel (plural shotels)

  1. An Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar.
    • "The kilij has a slight taper down the straight part of the blade. In the bottom portion, it angles sharply and becomes deeper." "So," Thomas said, "you're suggesting there are different types of scimitars?" "Yeah, a bunch. There's the Afghani pulwar, the Ethiopian shotel, the Turkic aldaspan, and...2015 March 17, John Wayne Falbey, “Chapter 39 Dubai”, in Endangered Species: A Sleeping Dogs Thriller, volume 2, The Falbey Group, LLC, →ISBN, page 266

Forms of shotel

pluralshotels

Origin of shotel

From Amharic ሽቶል (šətol).

Questions about shotel

What does shotel mean?
Shotel means an Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar.
What part of speech is shotel?
Shotel is a noun.
What is the plural of shotel?
The plural of shotel is shotels.

Words near shotel in the dictionary

  1. shotcreter
  2. shotcreters
  3. shotcretes
  4. shotcreting
  5. shote
  6. shotel
  7. shotels
  8. shoter
  9. shoterim
  10. shotes
  11. shotfirer

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