'''''Terciado''''' was an Iberian name for a variety of swords or sabres from the Low Middle Ages to the Renaissance,
==History==
It was especially used as a naval weapon during the Age of Sail.[https://www.celticwebmerchant.com/es-es ... e-terciado Sable de abordaje terciado] Antonio Pigafetta identified as a ''terciado'' the swords wielded by the natives during the Battle of Mactan, comparing it to a greater sized scimitar.''Primer viaje alrededor del mundo''. Antonio Pigafetta|Pigafetta, Antonio. 1507 "...sino media tizona, por otro lanzazo que cerca del codo le dieran. Viendo lo cual, vinieron todos por él, y uno, con un gran terciado -que es como una [cimitarra], pero mayor-, medio le rebañó la pierna izquierda, derrumbándose él boca abajo..."
Iberian weapons
16th-century weapons
17th-century weapons
18th-century weapons
Early Modern European swords
Modern European swords
Naval weapons
More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terciado
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