sword-breaker

English

Noun

sword-breaker ‎(plural sword-breakers)

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