broadsword vs sabre

broadsword

noun
  • A person armed with such a sword. 

  • A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and typically a basket hilt. 

  • A flat, rectangular bread made from corn (maize) and beans by the Cherokee, traditionally by boiling rather than baking it. 

  • Synonym of longsword 

sabre

noun
  • A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre. 

  • A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point. 

verb
  • To strike or kill with a sabre. 

How often have the words broadsword and sabre occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )