| 释义 |
† ˈbaselard Obs.
Forms: 4–6 baselarde, baslard(e, 5 basulard, 6 baslaerd bazelarde, 7 basiliard, 4–8 baselard.
[a. AF. baselard(e (Act 12 Richard II), OF. basalart (med.L. bassilardus); perh. from same source as OF. baselaire, bazelaire, badelaire, probably a derivative of late L. badile, badillus a bill-hook (P. Meyer); the z (s) for d being of Provençal origin. In baselard the suffix is evidently -ard augmentative.]
A species of dagger or hanger, usually worn at the girdle.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 303 Alle þat bereþ baslarde, brode swerde or launce. 1450Myrc 48 Baselard ny bawdryke were thou non. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 125 Sodeynly with a scharp basulard he smet the Kyng among the boweles. c1500in Ripon Ch. Acts 303 Cum gladiis vocatis hyngers vel baselardys. 1598Stow Surv. xxiv. (1603) 221 Drew his basiliard. 1602in Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 338 Two baslaerd swords, the blades to be one yard and half a quarter of length. 1788New Lond. Mag. 150 The Mayor, drawing his baselard, grievously wounded Wat [Tyler] in the neck. |