cold weapon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kəʊld ˈwɛp(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /koʊld ˈwɛpən/ (General-American)
Etymology
From cold + weapon, possibly a calque of Russian холо́дное ору́жие (xolódnoje orúžije, “cold weapon”), from холо́дное (xolódnoje) (the nominative neuter form of холо́дный (xolódnyj, “cold”)) + ору́жие (orúžije, “arm, weapon; weaponry”): see the 1876 quotation.
Meanings
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A weapon that does not use explosives or fire.
There are perhaps more variations of the dao than there are of any other cold weapon.
2009, Zhang Yun, “The History and Features of Dao”, in The Complete Taiji Dao: The Art of the Chinese Saber, Berkeley, Calif.: Blue Snake Books, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 27:Pistols, carbines and musketoons were the firearms of the cavalry; a sword or sabre the cold weapon.
1890, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, “Army Organization and Tactics. Early Seventeenth to Early Eighteenth Century.”, in Gustavus Adolphus: A History of the Art of War from Its Revival after the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession War, […] (Great Captains), volume II, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 571:The most effective weapons in the hands of the Caucasians was the sword, or as the Russians call it "the cold weapon" ["khalodnoye orúdiye," as opposed to firearms "agniovoye orúdiye"], the use of which, in hand-to-hand fight, was their special forte.
1876, Hugo Stumm, “The Field of Operations and the Russian Resources of Operations in General”, in F. Henvey, P. Mosa, transl., The Russian Campaign against Khiva in 1873. […], part I, Calcutta, West Bengal: Foreign Department Press, →OCLC, section II (The Russian Bases of Operations in Central Asia), page 157:A fencing-room in which twenty or thirty couples of men are practising, is a fair illustration of a mélée with cold weapons.
1863 January 17, “How to Make Soldiers”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. [...] With which is Incorporated Household Words, volume VIII, number 195, London: […] C. Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 446, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| cold weapons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
firearm · piece · iron · gun · gun · gat · firearm
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Translations (51)
ia arma blanc (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · gl arma branca (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · eo blanka armilo (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · bg хла́дно оръ́жие (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · cmn 冷兵器 (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · et külmrelv (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · sh hladno oružje (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · pt arma branca (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · de Blankwaffe (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · kk суық қару (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · mk ла́дно о́ружје (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · lv aukstais ierocis (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ja 冷兵器 (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ko 백병 (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · uk холо́дна збро́я (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · cs chladná zbraň (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · he נשק קר (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ro armă albă (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · fi kylmä ase (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · fa سلاح سرد (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ckb چەکی سپی (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ka ცივი იარაღი (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · fr arme blanche (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ru бе́лое ору́жие (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · de kalte Waffe (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · fi lähitaisteluase (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ast arma blanca (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · sl hladno orožje (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ru холо́дное ору́жие (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · nl koud wapen (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · sv blankvapen (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · da blankvåben (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · hy սառը զենք (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · az soyuq silah (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · eu arma zuri (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · sk chladná zbraň (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · br arm gwenn (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ja 白兵 (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · lt šaltasis ginklas (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · sh хладно оружје (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · nb blankvåpen (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · os цыргъӕгтӕ (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · hu közelharcfegyver (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · it arma bianca (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · es arma blanca (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ca arma blanca (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · be хало́дная збро́я (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · pl broń biała (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · tg силоҳи сард (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ar سِلَاح أَبْيَض (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) · ce шийла герз (weapon that does not use explosives or fire)