basket hilt
noun
the basketlike hilt of a sword, foil, etc., serving to cover and protect the hand.
basket-hilted
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a word derived from
basket hilt.
Example Sentences
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By a white table against the wall stood a rubber-gloved doctor, wiping the broad razor-like blades of the basket-hilted rapiers with disinfectant, laying out bandages, needles, tourniquet, sterile catgut.
From Time Magazine Archive
A basket-hilted sword, very convenient to carry milk in.
From The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins
By his side hung a long, straight, basket-hilted sword, beneath one arm he carried a bagpipe, while upon his head was—not a horn—but a Scot's bonnet with a long eagle's feather.
From The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol
He had a basket-hilted broadsword drawn in his hand, which he made to whistle around his head as he spoke, as if for the purpose of enforcing his mediation.
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
"As I thought," said Holes, selecting his best basket-hilted life-preserver from a heap in the middle of the room.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 by Various
