estramacon

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    — Then to the pair, who speechless stood, he stretch'd A table-spread, bade each to hold an end, And with clear voice: "As we, the Church's arm, With this estramacon do smite in twain The texture of this fabric" (here he flash'd The blade between the two, cleaving the cloth), […]
  2. A downward cutting blow with the edge of a sword or fencing weapon.
    — I tripped a hasty morrice[…]upon the dining table, now offering my sword [to the Duke of Buckingham], now recovering it, I made a blow at his nose—a sort of estramaçon—the dexterity of which consists in coming mighty near to the object you seem to aim at, yet not attaining it.

词形变化

estramacons plural

词源

From French estramaçon.
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