broadsword – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
broadsword
n.
sword with a wide blade
Basket-hilted sword
The
basket-hilted sword is the name of a group of
sword types of the
early modern era characterized 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.
broadsword
Noun
1. a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
(hypernym) sword, blade, brand, steel
(hyponym) claymore
Broadsword
(n.)
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Broadsword
The general two-edged blade popular from the 6th century onward. Ranging in length from 30" to 42" in length, the average
sword weighs only three to four pounds. Light enough to be used as a fighting tool all day, yet heavy enough to impart crushing impact along the edge, which was rarely sharpened. The weapons works by concentrating the force of the blow, the knight and the mass of the horse into the thin edge, often left to a thickness of between 1/16" - 1/8". The thickness at the center was between 3/16" and 1/4", and the blade generally started out from between 2-3" wide at the base and tapered gently to a point. See
Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry #13 .
