腰こし刀がたな

noun

short guardless sword worn on the hip

A historical Japanese sidearm, shorter than a katana and without a tsuba (guard), carried at the waist. Primarily a weapon of the samurai class in earlier periods.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの武ぶ士しは、腰こし刀がたなを差さして戦せん場じょうに向むかった。

  Warriors of the Sengoku period went to battle wearing a short guardless sword at the hip.