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swordproof

swordproof adjective: resistant to blows of a sword.

Adjective

swordproof (comparative more swordproof, superlative most swordproof)

  1. Resistant to blows of a sword.
    • Vnlesse his brest be sword proofe he shall die.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
    • They are dextrous archers, and seldom misse their mark, their bow[s] ten or twelve foot long, and their arrows will pierce a corselet good sword proof […]1660, Vincent le Blanc, translated by Francis Brooke, The World Surveyed, London: John Starkey, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 332

Forms of swordproof

comparativemore swordproof
superlativemost swordproof

Origin of swordproof

From sword + -proof.

Questions about swordproof

What does swordproof mean?
Swordproof means resistant to blows of a sword.
What part of speech is swordproof?
Swordproof is an adjective.

Words near swordproof in the dictionary

  1. swordplayer
  2. swordplayers
  3. swordplays
  4. swordpoint
  5. swordpoints
  6. swordproof
  7. swords
  8. swords and sorcery
  9. swords of Damocles
  10. swords of state
  11. swords to ploughshares

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