stramazon

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: a descending cut or slash with the extreme edge of a sword delivered from the wrist

Word History

Etymology

Italian stramazzone, from stramazzare to knock down, from stramazzo mat, mattress, from strame straw, litter, from Latin stramin-, stramen

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