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Meaning of sword breaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Rare form of sword-breaker.

form-of, rare

Examples

“[…] partly back edged and serrated, with strong ricasso, pierced with two semicircular sword breakers. Italian (probably Neapolitan), about 1650. (346)”
Left-hand dagger French, 1600 / Flattened pommel; wire-bound grip; quillons curve outward, and at right angles to them are parallel with the blade are two projections which serve as sword breakers; attached to the cross-piece is small shell guard with heart-shaped and circular perforations; flamboyant blade, 12" long, with mark […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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