ゴボウ剣けん

noun

bayonet

Colloquial, archaic term for a bayonet, literally 'burdock sword', likely from the shape or from soldiers' slang. Modern term is 銃剣.

See also: 銃剣

• 昔むかしの兵へい隊たいはゴボウ剣けんを銃じゅうに着つけて戦たたかった。

  Soldiers in the old days fought with bayonets fixed to their rifles.

• 「ゴボウ剣けん」は今いまではほとんど使つかわれない古ふるい言いい方かただ。

  'Gobōken' is an old term that is hardly used nowadays.