BAYONET

I. noun Etymology: French baïonnette, from Bayonne, France Date: 1689 a steel blade attached at the muzzle end of a shoulder arm (as a rifle) and used in hand-to-hand combat, II. verb (-neted; also -netted; -neting; also -netting) Date: 1781 transitive verb to stab with a ~, to compel or drive by or as if by the ~, intransitive verb to use a ~