sword-breaker
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sword
-
breaker
(
plural
sword-breakers
)
A
short
sword
or
dagger
, with a
deeply
notched
or
toothed
blade
,
designed
to
catch
or
grapple
the
opponent
's
weapon
.
1884
, Robert F. Burton,
The Book of the Sword
, page 138
The deepest indentations are in the so-called
Sword-breakers
(brise-épées), mostly of the fifteenth century.
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