sword bayonet


noun

a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.

Origin of sword bayonet

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby sword bayonet

Example sentences from the Web for sword bayonet

  • A portion scalded the valet's finely shaped leg, yet he dared not complain, being in mortal fear of the sword-bayonet.

    The Firebrand |S. R. Crockett
  • The great anxiety of the Republican man-at-arms in Spain is to turn his sword-bayonet into a sickle, and his rifle into a mattock.

    Romantic Spain |John Augustus O'Shea
  • Each company had simply to fight its way through with the sword-bayonet.

    Ladysmith |H. W. Nevinson
  • There were two toy guns, with a tin revolver, a sword-bayonet, and a sabre.

    A Lady of Rome |F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for sword bayonet

sword bayonet

noun

a bayonet with a swordlike blade and hilt, capable of use as a sword