sputcheon
/ˈspʌt͡ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Schlussblech, […] The sputcheon of the mouth-piece; inner part of the mouth-piece, which retains the lining of metal-scabbards."
- "[…] [batte] de la cuvette, sputcheon of the mouth-piece of a sword-scabbard, or that part which retains the wooden scabbard (fût)."
- "Mouth pieces and sputcheons will no longer be supplied separately, but mouth pieces with the sputcheon strongly attached will be furnished."
- "It may be interesting to enumerate the number of operations required for the making of a new British cavalry sword, independently of the production of the steel. They are as follows: / The manufacture of the blade, 32 operations; scabbard, 30; scabbard mouthpiece with sputcheon, 32; […]"
- "The scabbard is of steel, and is fitted with an iron sputcheon with brass mouthpiece, braced on and fixed in scabbard with screws. […] The lining consists of two strips of wood held in position by the sputcheon."
- "She held her mouth slitted open in anguish so that in Inman's mind it resembled the sputcheon to a sword scabbard."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspʌt͡ʃən/
- British English: /ˈspʌt͡ʃən/