edged and bladed weapon
Illustration — Swords on display in Edinburgh Castle An edged weapon, or bladed weapon, is a hand-to-hand combat weapon with a cutting edge. Bladed weapons include swords, daggers, knives, and bayonets. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.
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edged and bladed weapon
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Illustration — Swords on display in Edinburgh Castle An edged weapon, or bladed weapon, is a hand-to-hand combat weapon with a cutting edge. Bladed weapons include swords, daggers, knives, and bayonets. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.
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Weapon featuring a sharp edge or point for cutting, thrusting, clubbing, slashing, or the like.
Recorded constituent parts are blade and tool handle.
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- 1.Beith, Ian H. (Capt.), Modern Battle Tactics: Address Delivered April 9, 1917, National Service (June 1917), pp. 325, 328
- 2.Brayley, Martin, Bayonets: An Illustrated History, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, , (2004), pp. 9-10, 83-85
- 3.Ian Drury. German Stormtrooper 1914–18. Osprey Publishing. 61. 1995. 978-1-85532-372-8.
- 4.Macquarie Library. The Macquarie Dictionary. 1981.
- 5.Francis Andrew March. A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language. Historical Publishing Company. 1902.
- 6.Peterson, Harold L., Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World, Courier Dover Publications, , (2001), p. 80: "Right at the outset trench knives were introduced by both sides during World War I, so that the common soldier was once again equipped with a knife designed primarily for combat."
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