From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbroadswordbroad‧sword /ˈbrɔːdsɔːd $ ˈbrɒːdsɔːrd/ noun [countable] PMWa heavy sword with a broad flat blade
Examples from the Corpus
broadsword• It is a broadsword, and Marlowe uses it brutally.• A dozen men and women clad in furs were polishing axes and broadswords monotonously, mindlessly.• A long courtyard deck jutted forth like a notched broadsword. 