greatsword

Definitions

Any generally straight-bladed double-edged sword large enough to require the use of two hands to wield it effectively.

Equivalents

Examples

“It is the "red horse" which was sent forth upon the opening of the "second seal," to whose rider was given power "to take⟳ peace from the earth that they should kill⟳ one another; and there was also given unto him a greatsword."”

“Shouting with joy, his shimmering greatsword.”

“Wearing the pointed helmets of the Tatars over their embroidered skull caps, mounted on shaggy ponies, armed with greatswords, disemboweling daggers, and iron-pointed whips, they swept north and west, devastating the land⟳.”

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