>On a point of order, the space between "broad" and "sword" suggests to
>me that it's merely a sword with a low aspect ratio, not necessarily a
>broadsword.

Quite. In this instance I had in mind something not too unlike the sword from the cover of Hellboy: Odd Jobs, which, I would submit, is neither a greatsword nor a broadsword according to Oakeshott, but is certainly a great, broad sword.

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