anlace

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • noun A two-edged medieval dagger.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • noun A dagger or short sword, very broad and thin at the hilt and tapering to a point, used from the twelfth to the fifteenth century.

Examples

  • And I, said he, will so do that thou mayst fear me the less; for I will unarm me when the night cometh, and thou thyself shalt keep mine hauberk and sword and anlace.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles

  • He was so clad, that he had no helm on his head, but a little hat with a broad gold piece in the front thereof; he was girt to a long sword, and had an anlace also in his belt, and Birdalone saw the rings of a fine hauberk at his collar and knees; otherwise he was not armed.

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles

  • Each of these three had a weapon; one a pole-axe, another a long spear, and the third a flail jointed and bound with iron, and an anlace hanging at his girdle.

    The Well at the World's End: a tale

Note

The word 'anlace' comes from French.