Meanings
adjectiveswordproof (comparative more swordproof, superlative most swordproof)
comparative more swordproof · superlative most swordproof
- Resistant to blows of a sword.
Vnlesse his brest be sword proofe he shall die.
1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page)1 more example
They are dextrous archers, and seldom misse their mark, their bow[s] ten or twelve foot long, and their arrows will pierce a corselet good sword proof […]
1660, Vincent le Blanc, translated by Francis Brooke, The World Surveyed, London: John Starkey, Part 3, Chapter 2, p. 332
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