Bayonet

bā′on-et, n. a stabbing instrument of steel fixed to the muzzle of a musket or rifle: military force: ( pl. ) soldiers armed with bayonets.— v.t. to stab with a bayonet. [Fr. baïonnette , perh. from Bayonne , in France, where it was supposed to have been first made; others derive from O. Fr. bay on , arrow.]