/foh shahr"/ ; Fr. /foh shannrdd"/ , n. , pl. fauchards /-shahrz"/ ; Fr. /-shannrdd"/ .
a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.
[ fauchart, equiv. to fauch ( er ) to cut with a scythe ( falcare, deriv. of L falx, s. falc- sickle) + -art -ART ]