French: arme à pointeEnglish translation: sidearms, sharp-pointed weapons 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | arme à pointe | | English translation: | sidearms, sharp-pointed weapons | | Entered by: | suezen |
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering | | French term or phrase: arme à pointe | In a list of products: gaine pour armes à pointe, poingées d'armes, plaques pour armes ...
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Harold
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| | | sidearms, sharp-pointed weapons | Explanation:
sidearms is a generic term in the thesaurus which includes all weapons with a point or sharp edge as opposed to firearms. However sharp-pointed weapons may be closer to the original |
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| arme à poing
Explanation:
Looks like a typo. Hand gun.
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Note added at 18 mins (2004-09-02 21:48:44 GMT)
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\"Arme à poing\" is, at least, a common expression.
\"Arme à pointe\" does get a few Googles, and, obviously, means a \"pointed weapon\" (dagger, sword), possibly specifically an \"arme d\'estoc\", i.e. a thrusting weapon, e.g a rapier or throwing knife as opposed to a sabre or hunting knife.
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Note added at 19 mins (2004-09-02 21:50:08 GMT)
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Unless this does refer specifically to pointed weapons rather then any form of blade, the usual expression would be \"arme blanche\".
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