scimitar has definitions from the field of arms
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[ noun ] (arms) a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

`` I am tired_of sultans and scimitars '' .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

He at_once cancels the celebrations and , buckling on his scimitar , stumbles blindly from the house , where he is hit and killed by a passing oxcart .

Related terms

cavalry_sword

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