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swordproof en · ADJ

Etymology

From sword + -proof.

Meanings

1. Resistant to blows of a sword.
   • They are dextrous archers, and seldom misse their mark, their bow[s] ten or twelve foot long, and their arrows will pierce a corselet good sword proof […] 1660, Vincent le Blanc, translated by Francis Brooke, The World Surveyed, London: John Starkey, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 332:
   • Vnlesse his brest be sword proofe he shall die. 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

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