pappenheimer
[ pap-uh n-hahy-mer, pah-puh n- ]
/ ˈpæp ənˌhaɪ mər, ˈpɑ pən- /
noun
a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
Also called
Walloon sword.
Origin of pappenheimer
named after Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu
Pappenheim (1594–1632), German leader in the Thirty Years' War; see
-er1
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Example sentences from the Web for pappenheimer
Pappenheimer brought about similar lesions in rats by the injection of a suspension of bone marrow from a rhachitic animal.
Scurvy Past and Present |Alfred Fabian Hess