[variant of YATAGHAN, q.v.] A long dagger worn by Turks and Moors in their belt in a scabbard of silver or gold.
1813. Byron, Giaour, 355. Each turban I can scan, And silver-sheathed ataghan.
1851. Hawthorne, Twice-told T., II. xx. 278. He still wore beneath his vest the ataghan.
