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'''Broadsword''' may refer to:
'''Broadsword''' may refer to:
:A weapon:
*[[Broadsword]] (basket-hilted sword), a military sword used by heavy cavalry during the 17th to early 19th centuries
In more modern times, it has also been used to refer to:
*[[Arming sword]], the single-handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages in Europe{{Dubious|date=July 2011}}
*[[Dao (sword)]], a category of single-edged Chinese swords, is often translated to English, as broadsword.{{Dubious|date=July 2011}}


;as a proper name
*Weapons:
Broadsword Interactive, the developers of [[Dance Factory (video game)|''Dance Factory'' (video game)]]
**[[Broadsword]], a basket-hilted sword, 17th - 19th centuries
**[[Arming sword]], a single-handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages in Europe{{Dubious|date=July 2011}}
**[[Dao (sword)]], a single-edged Chinese sword, translated as "broadsword"{{Dubious|date=July 2011}}

*[[The Broadsword and the Beast]], a Jethro Tull album
*''Broadsword Interactive'', developers of the [[Dance Factory (video game)]]
*[[HMS Broadsword (D31)]], a 1946 British Royal Navy ship
*[[HMS Broadsword (D31)]], a 1946 British Royal Navy ship
*[[HMS Broadsword (F88)]], a 1975 British Royal Navy ship
*[[HMS Broadsword (F88)]], a 1975 British Royal Navy ship
*''HMS Broadsword'', a fictional Royal Navy Destroyer in Jeffrey Archer's [[First Among Equals (novel)]]


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 09:29, 28 August 2012

Broadsword may refer to:

A weapon:
  • Broadsword (basket-hilted sword), a military sword used by heavy cavalry during the 17th to early 19th centuries

In more modern times, it has also been used to refer to:

as a proper name

Broadsword Interactive, the developers of Dance Factory (video game)

See also