Obs. Also flachet. [Cf. MHG. flatsche broadsword.] A sword.
1577. Stanyhurst, Descr. Irel., in Holinshed, VI. 14. They clap on their thrumd hats, and run like bedlem barretors into the streets with their naked flatchets. Ibid. (1583), Æneis, III. (Arb.), 77. In grasse theyre flachets, and tergats warelye pitching.
