swordproof

Adjective

1. Resistant to blows of a sword.
   • Vnlesse his brest be sword proofe he shall die. - 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell,...
   • They are dextrous archers, and seldom misse their mark, their bow[s] ten or twelve foot long, and their arrows will pierce a corselet good sword proof […] - 1660, Vincent le Blanc, translated by Francis Brooke, The...