quillon

English

Alternative forms

• quillion

Etymology

From French, from quille +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːˈjɒn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

quillon (plural quillons)

1. The guard of a sword or other bladed weapon designed to protect the hand from harm.
2. Either of the two arms of such a guard.
   • 1884, Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword, page 125:

     The quillons may be either straight (fig. 109) — that is, disposed at right angles — or curved (fig. 107).

   • 1885, Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century, page 233:

     With regard to the quillons, it was obvious that with slight alteration they might be made to protect the hand very much more than they did in their straight condition.

Related terms

• crossguard
• hilt

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: pareerstang f
• Finnish: väistin (fi)
• German: Parierstange f
• Polish: garda (pl) f, jelec (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kilon m

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

quillon m (plural quillons)

1. quillon

Further reading

• “quillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.