falchioned

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôlʹshənd, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlʃənd/

Etymology 1

falchion +‎ -ed, from the noun.

Adjective

falchioned (not comparable)

1. Armed with a falchion.

Etymology 2

falchion +‎ -ed, from the verb.

Adjective

falchioned (not comparable)

1. Slain by a falchion.

Synonyms

• macheted

Verb

falchioned

1. simple past of falchion
   • 1939, James Joyce, chapter I, in Finnegans Wake‎^[1], page 135:

     […] O sorrow the sail and woe the rudder that were set for Mairie Quail; his suns the huns, his dartars the tartars, are plenty here today; who repulsed from his burst the bombolts of Ostenton and falchioned each flash downsaduck in the deep; […]