quillon

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It was the prisoner of Quillon -- no, "quillon" had something to do with a sword -- no, it was Chillon.

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  1. One of the arms or branches of the cross-guard of a sword. See cross-guard, cross-hilt, cut in next column, and cut under hilt.

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  • Mrs Wells went to the third of the glass cases she had examined and pointed to a slim dagger which had a simple hilt made of walnut and a single ring on the metal quillon-block. —  Lovers, Make Moan - Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 60
  • It was the prisoner of Quillon -- no, "quillon" had something to do with a sword -- no, it was Chillon. —  The Heart of Rome
 

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