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‖ daisho|ˈdaɪʃəʊ| [Jap., lit. ‘large and small’.] A Japanese set of matched sword and dagger worn at the waist, esp. by a samurai. Cf. katana.
1923H. C. Gunsaulus Japanese Sword-Mounts ii. 31 These two known as the dai-shō (‘long and short’) were the pride of the samurai, who alone were privileged to wear two swords. 1957Encycl. Brit. XXI. 694/1 Among the various kinds of Japanese swords are the daisho, a pair of swords, the larger being called a katana and the smaller a wakizashi. 1973Times 10 Apr. 16/6 A seventeenth-century daisho, or pair of blades..made {pstlg}8,400. |