Fal'chion, n.

(fawl'chun) (Synop., §130), n. [L. Lat. falcio, falco, from Lat. falx, falcis, a sickle; It. falcione, Pr. fausso, O. Fr. fauchon.] A broad sword, with a slightly curved point, shorter than the ordinary military sword, and less heavy, much used in the middle ages. Fairholt.