cinquedea

cinquedea
/ching'kwi dee"euh, -day"euh/, n.
an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
[1895-1900; < It, equiv. to cinque five ( L quinque) + dea (dial.) fingers, akin to dito finger ( < L digitus; see DIGIT)]

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