Sword-breaker
"Sword-breaker" in a Sentence (2 examples)
The deepest indentations are in the so-called Sword-breakers (brise-épées), mostly of the fifteenth century.
The dagger has the triangular knuckle-guard peculiar to the period, also straight quillons, fluted pommel and similar grip; the blade is 18 in. long, 2 in. wide at the hilt, where it is furnished with two sword-breakers.
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