Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a curved sword or cutlas used as a bearing.
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- noun A French
sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shapedquillions ; used during the 16th century.
Etymologies
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From the French badelaire, baudelaire, a corruption of earlier (14th century) baselard.
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Examples
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I heard the ring of steel on stone, as if someone had struck one of the grave markers with a badelaire.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
Telofy commented on the word badelaire
"I heard the ring of steel on stone, as if someone had struck one of the grave markers with a badelaire." -- Gene Wolfe - "The Book of the New Sun"
September 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word badelaire
S-shaped quillions were squillions, right?
September 1, 2021