[a. F. espadon, app. a. Sp. espadon, augmentative of espada sword: cf. It. spadone.] A long two-handed sword used in 15–17th c.
1846. Fairholt, Costume, 494. Espadon, a long sword of Spanish invention.
1881. Blackw. Mag., May, 565. The horseman’s huge espadon of six feet long.
