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A sword that gave up on stabbing and committed fully to chopping.
means A single-edged medieval sword with a broad, curved blade, built for heavy slashing cuts rather than thrusting.
from Traces back through Old French 'fauchon' to Latin 'falx,' meaning sickle or curved blade — the same root that gives us 'falcate,' meaning hooked or curved like a sickle. The weapon's name literally admits its shape: a farm tool's curve scaled up into something meant for the battlefield.
- blade shape
- single-edged, curved wide like a machete
- origin
- medieval Europe, 12th to 16th century
- design logic
- cheap to forge, brutal to be hit by
- video games
- loved for sounding fancier than sword