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bayonet
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bayonet (bā´net),
n a binangled instrument, the nib or blade of which is generally parallel to the shaft; resembles a bayonet. See also angle former, bayonet and condenser, bayonet.


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One of the young soldiers explained that the rifles weigh 8 to 9 pounds, and with the bayonette attached the weight goes up to about 13 pounds.
There have been published biographies including Marie Sandoz's classic Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas (Nebraska Press), countless books on his untimely death by bayonette in 1877 and the recent work by Kensley Bray, Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life (Oklahoma Press).
I joined the Seaforth Highlanders who became known as the Bayonette Regiment because we made more bayonet charges than anyone else.
 
 
 
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