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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In heraldry, a curved sword or cutlas used as a bearing.

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  1. n. A French sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions; used during the 16th century.

Etymologies

  1. From the French badelaire, baudelaire, a corruption of earlier (14th century) baselard. (Wiktionary)

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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.”

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  • Telofy "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" Sep 22, 2008

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