Editing Classification of swords (section)

====Falchion and cutlass====
The [[falchion]] (French {{lang|fr|braquemart}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/glossairearcheol01gayv#page/212/mode/1up |title=Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance |publisher=Paris, Société bibliographique |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> Spanish {{lang|es|bracamarte}}) proper is a wide straight-bladed but curved edged [[Hanger (sword)|hanger]] or long knife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/glossairearcheol01gayv#page/213/mode/1up |title=Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance |publisher=Paris, Société bibliographique |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> The term 'falchion' may also refer to the early [[cutlass]].

The [[cutlass]] or curtal-axe also known as a falchion (French {{lang|fr|badelaire, braquemart,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guerriers-avalon.org/index.php?id=docs&cat=armement&page=braquemar |title=Les Guerriers d'Avalon |publisher=Guerriers-avalon.org |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> coutelas,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/glossairearcheol01gayv#page/479/mode/1up |title=Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance |publisher=Paris, Société bibliographique |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> malchus}}; Italian {{lang|it|coltellaccio, storta}}; <!-- Old High -->German {{lang|goh|[[messer (weapon)|messer]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/albion/nextgen/messerdrawing.htm |title=Historical Messer Drawings |publisher=Albion-swords.com |access-date=2015-10-08 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200717/http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/albion/nextgen/messerdrawing.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> dussack, malchus}}) is a broad-bladed curved [[Hanger (sword)|hanger]] or long knife. In later usage, 'cutlass' referred to the short naval boarding [[sabre]].{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}