Terciado

Cutlass or terciado.

Terciado was an Iberian name for a variety of swords or sabres from the Low Middle Ages to the Renaissance,[1] characterized by short, one-edged blades which were described as lacking a third of a usual blade's length (hence terciado, meaning lacking a third).[2] It was generally considered either related or applied to a cutlass,[3] although it was sometimes applied to a falchion too.[4]

History

It was especially used as a naval weapon during the Age of Sail.[5] Antonio Pigafetta identified as a terciado the swords wielded by the natives during the Battle of Mactan, comparing it to a greater sized scimitar.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Leguina, Enrique de (1812). Glosario de voces de armería (in Spanish). F. Rodríguez. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ RAE SXVIII. Usado como sustantivo, significaba la espada, corta y ancha, que le falta una tercera parte de las marcas, por lo cual se llamó así.
  3. ^ José Miguel Soto Jiménez, Los motivos del machete: reflexiones, apuntes y notas para una interpretación cuartelaria de la historia y la sociedad dominicana,2000
  4. ^ Catálogo Histórico Descriptivo de la Real Armería, del Conde de Valencia de Don Juan. 1898. "Bracamarte" se emplea como voz para designar a lo que en España se le dice "terciado".
  5. ^ Sable de abordaje terciado
  6. ^ Primer viaje alrededor del mundo. Pigafetta, Antonio. 1507 "...sino media tizona, por otro lanzazo que cerca del codo le dieran. Viendo lo cual, vinieron todos por él, y uno, con un gran terciado -que es como una [cimitarra], pero mayor-, medio le rebañó la pierna izquierda, derrumbándose él boca abajo..."
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