/fawl"cheuhn, -sheuhn/ , n.
1. a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
2. Archaic. any sword.
[ 1275-1325; ME fauchoun (with l restored in 16th cent.) fauchon falcion-, s. of falcio, deriv. of L falx, s. falc- sickle ]