Basket-hilted sword
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basket-hilted-sword-177-6949313
title:
Basket-hilted sword
text:
The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development of the quillons added to swords' crossguards since the Late Middle Ages.
In modern times, this variety of sword is also sometimes referred to as the broadsword. The basket-hilted sword was generally in use as a military sword. A true broadsword possesses a double-edged blade, while similar wide-bladed swords with a single sharpened edge a
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encyclopedia
description:
Sword with basket-like hand protection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket-hilted_sword
date created:
2004-10-20T13:28:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:11:56Z
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