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two-hand sword

two-hand sword noun: a sword with a handle or grip that is intended to be grasped with both hands.

Noun

two-hand sword (plural two-hand swords)

  1. A sword with a handle or grip that is intended to be grasped with both hands.
    • Come with thy two-hand sword.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Faria on the other side […] with a zealous feruour reached Coia Acem, such a blow with a two hand Sword on his Head-piece of Maile, that he sunke to the ground […]1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, London: Henrie Fetherstone, Volume 3, Chapter 2, Section 1, p. 257

Forms of two-hand sword

pluraltwo-hand swords
alternative formtwo-handed sword

Origin of two-hand sword

From Middle English thwahandswerd, to hond swerd, twa hand swerde, twohande sworde.

Questions about two-hand sword

What does two-hand sword mean?
Two-hand sword means a sword with a handle or grip that is intended to be grasped with both hands.
What part of speech is two-hand sword?
Two-hand sword is a noun.
What is the plural of two-hand sword?
The plural of two-hand sword is two-hand swords.

Words near two-hand sword in the dictionary

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  2. two-four
  3. two-four time
  4. two-four times
  5. two-fours
  6. two-hand sword
  7. two-hand swords
  8. two-hand touch
  9. two-handed
  10. two-handed game
  11. two-handed games

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