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basket hilt
noun
- the basketlike hilt of a sword, foil, etc., serving to cover and protect the hand.
basket hilt
noun
- a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
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Derived Forms
- ˈbasket-ˌhilted, adjective
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Other Words From
- basket-hilted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of basket hilt1
First recorded in 1540–50
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Example Sentences
And just firmly enough and no more did my wrist twist and deflect his blade on my basket hilt.
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A steel head-piece, a breastplate of the same sure metal, and a heavy sword with a basket hilt hung above D'Antons' bed.
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Pepys says, “Mr Prin came with an old basket-hilt sword on, and had a great many shouts upon his going into the hall.”
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I took down a long straight blade, like a rapier, with a basket hilt.
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"That is soon tried," said Vich Alister More, laying his hand upon the basket hilt of his claymore.
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