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Bayonet

//ˈbeɪənɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.

    "Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet."

  2. 2
    a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon wordnet
  3. 3
    A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Verb
  1. 1
    To stab with a bayonet. transitive
  2. 2
    stab or kill someone with a bayonet wordnet
  3. 3
    To compel or drive by the bayonet. transitive

    "to bayonet us into a submission"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

Etymology 2

From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

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