(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:29:11

Yat"a*ghan (?), n. [Turk. yataghan.]

A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.

[Written also ataghan, attaghan.]

Chaucer.

 

© Webster 1913.

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