basket hilt


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basket hilt

n.
A sword hilt with a basket-shaped guard serving to cover and protect the hand.
bas′ket-hilt′ed (-hĭl′tĭd) adj.
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basket hilt

n
(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
ˈbasket-ˌhilted adj
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bas′ket hilt`


n.
a cup-shaped hilt on a sword or foil for protecting the hand.
[1540–50]
bas′ket-hilt`ed, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.basket hilt - a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the handbasket hilt - a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand
hilt - the handle of a sword or dagger
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At the upper end of the room, were a couple of boys, one of them very tall and the other very short, both dressed as sailors--or at least as theatrical sailors, with belts, buckles, pigtails, and pistols complete--fighting what is called in play-bills a terrific combat, with two of those short broad-swords with basket hilts which are commonly used at our minor theatres.
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Withers' "The Scottish Sword 1600-1945: An Illustrated History" (9781581607130, $55.00), a 252 page compendium which is beautifully illustrated in full color throughout and covers two-handed swords, English basket hilt swords, Jacobit basket hilt swords, Regulation baske hilt swords, and Nonregulaton swords of the period.
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But the remarkable thing about this book is the way it convinces the reader of its thesis by sheer force of beauty: a wavelike basket hilt, the austere triumph of a blacksmith's art, is printed in a symphony of grays that would do justice to a Japanese print.
The noble art of the sword; fashion and fencing in Renaissance Europe, 1520-1630

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