Sentence:  The road seemed animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old <WSD>sword</WSD> , or cutlass . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard