Crossguard
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crossguard-174-18802945
title:
Crossguard
text:
A sword's crossguard or cross-guard is a bar between the blade and hilt, essentially perpendicular to them, intended to protect the wielder's hand and fingers from opponents' weapons as well as from his or her own blade. Each of the individual bars on either side is known as a quillon or quillion.
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Type of sword guard made of two quillons
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossguard
date created:
2005-12-21T13:13:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:13:56Z
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13
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