PMWa sword with a curved blade that was used in the past 〔旧时用的〕弯刀
Examples from the Corpus
scimitar• I imagine Amin, with a big scimitar.• Each time he nodded his fat grey head, the twin curved horns arched menacingly towards me like scimitars.• Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing.
Originscimitar
(1500-1600)Italianscimitarra, perhaps from Persianshimshir