basket hilt

noun

1. the basketlike hilt of a sword, foil, etc., serving to cover and protect the hand.

basket hilt

noun

1. a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand

Derived Forms

• ˈbasket-ˌhilted, adjective

Other Words From

• basket-hilted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of basket hilt¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

And just firmly enough and no more did my wrist twist and deflect his blade on my basket hilt.

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A steel head-piece, a breastplate of the same sure metal, and a heavy sword with a basket hilt hung above D'Antons' bed.

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Pepys says, “Mr Prin came with an old basket-hilt sword on, and had a great many shouts upon his going into the hall.”

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I took down a long straight blade, like a rapier, with a basket hilt.

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"That is soon tried," said Vich Alister More, laying his hand upon the basket hilt of his claymore.

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