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
swoon,
swoop,
swoosh,
swop,
sword,
sword bayonet,
sword bean,
sword belt,
sword cane,
sword dance,
sword fern
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. CrockettThe 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'SheaEach company had simply to fight its way through with the sword-bayonet.
Ladysmith |H. W. NevinsonThere 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