basket-hiltn.
a. A hilt provided with a defence for the swordsman's hand, consisting of narrow plates of steel curved into the shape of basket.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > hilt of sword > types of hilt
pannier-hilta1637
basket-hilt1663
sheep-head hilt1707
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 With Basket-hilt, that would hold broth, And serve for fight and dinner both.
1708 W. King Art of Cookery 12 Their Beef they often in their Murrions stew'd, And in their Basket-Hilts their Bev'rage brew'd.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii. 35 My father's broad-sword, with its great rusty basket-hilt.
b. attributive. = basket-hilted adj.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [adjective] > having specific hilt
silver-hilted1002
basket-hiltc1550
basket-hilted1600
cross-hilted1661
brass-hilted1692
brazen-hilted1726
c1550 Rob. Hood (Ritson) iii. 41 Then Robin got on his basket-hilt sword.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 127 You basket hilt stale iuggler, you. View more context for this quotation
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋4 His Viol hangs by his Basket-hilt sword.
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