Toledo definition

Toledo

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WordNet

(1) A city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century

(2) An industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie

WiktionaryText

A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, a city famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
Quotations
- 1786: A long toledo, with a hilt of filigrained steel, length of the blade three feet nine inches, finely tapering to a point. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xv.