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basilard

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[bas-uh-lerd] / ˈbæs ə lərd /

noun

  1. a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.

Etymology

Origin of basilard

1300–50; Middle English bas ( e ) lard, Medieval Latin basalardus, bassilardus. See bacillus, -ard

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